Media Release: CAAR groups condemn Mainstream’s certification as not ‘Best Practices’
Appearance of ISA in BC must lead to immediate action by DFO
Media & Publications
From readers of the New York Times, to some of the best chefs in Canada and the US, to government and industry leaders, CAAR is helping shift opinions about what is acceptable in industrial production of farmed salmon.
Our Farmed and Dangerous campaign has been featured in national and international media including: CBC Radio and TV, Global TV, CTV, The New York Times and The Globe and Mail.
CAAR Media Contacts
Living Oceans Society: Catherine Stewart | cstewart=at=livingoceans.org
Campaign Director | Tel: 604-696-5044
T. Buck Suzuki Foundation: David Lane | davidlane=at=bucksuzuki.org
Executive Director | Tel: 604-519-3635
David Suzuki Foundation: Jay Ritchlin | ritchlin=at=davidsuzuki.org
Director, Marine and Freshwater Program | Tel: 604-732-4228
Georgia Strait Alliance: Ruby Berry ruby=at=georgiastrait.org
Salmon Aquaculture Campaign Coordinator| Tel: 250-753-3459
- Aquaculture, closed containment technologies and energy consumption
- BC Backgrounder
- Net-Cage Salmon Farming Problems
- Solutions
- Better than the Rest? A Resource Guide to Farmed Salmon Certifications
- Canadian Net-pen Aquaculture: Fundamentally Unsustainable
- The Fallacies & Facts of the Salmon Farming Industry in BC
- First Nations and Coastal Communities
- Health Impacts of Farmed Salmon
- Fishing for Feed
- Organic Farmed Salmon?
- Report: Thriving Economies, Healthy Oceans, A Summary of a Global Assessment of Closed System Aquaculture (Summary) (Full Report)
Brochures
Brochure: Think Twice About Eating Farmed Salmon
Brochure: Closed Containment: The Future of Salmon Aquaculture is Here
Brochure: Impacts of Salmon Farms on BC First Nations’ Traditional Food Sources
Banner Ad (Web)
Over 3+ million visitors saw these ads in the New York TImes during the US Presidential inauguration week.
Radio Ads
As part of the Better Salmon Campaign aimed at California consumers, these radio ads ran in on KFBK in Sacramento and KGO in San Francisco in January 2009:
- Better Salmon 30 sec (KFBK in Sacramento)
- Better Salmon 60 sec (KFBK in Sacramento)
- Better Salmon 60 sec (KGO in San Francisco)
Print Ads
“Vancouver 2010 Olympics fail to host a farmed salmon-free event.” Full-page advertisement printed in Vancouver’s Georgia Straight Newspaper. View the ad here.
“Don’t eat farmed salmon until the industry cleans up its act.” Banner advertisement displayed on Vancouver Transit during the 2010 Winter Olympics. View the ad here.
“Get out and take action to protect wild juvenile salmon from net-cage farms.” Full-page advertisement printed in several BC newspapers for the May 2010 ‘Get Out Migration.’ View the ad here.
Older Ads
Safeway: “Ingredients for Extinction”, the latest New York Times advertisement targeting Safeway. View the ad here.
Safeway: “With all the chemicals in Safeway’s farmed salmon, you might as well eat the packaging.” View the ad here.