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Proposed Organic Aquaculture Opposition

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:17:54 +0000

Click here for the CGSB Organics Release, August 31, 2010.

VANCOUVER, BC – Over 40 organizations from across Canada and the U.S. submitted a joint letter opposing the Canada General Standards Board (CGSB) proposed organic standards that allow antibiotic and chemical treatments of farmed fish. The signatories reflect a broad cross section of the scientific, conservation, consumer,

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Tony Dekker’s “Ballad of a Fisherman’s Wife”

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:08:28 +0000

This week on Swim Drink Fish Music, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper and our Canadian partner groups on the Fraser and Ottawa Rivers launched the newest song in our music club. This is an important one.

http://www.swimdrinkfishmusic.com

The song is called Ballad of a Fisherman’s Wife, and it was inspired by the situation in the Gulf. The group Great Lake

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Oct. 1-3 — Mission Film Festival

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A special wild salmon film festival starts Oct. 1 from 6pm -10pm at the Clarke Foundation Theatre in Mission, BC — in the Heritage Park Centre — and will be themed “In Praise of Wild Salmon”. An agenda-in-progress is available at http://missionfilmfestival.ca/.

At the film festival, Fraser Riverkeeper will be leading our Stand Up for

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Help Protect Wild Salmon

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:41:52 +0000

Public submissions to the Cohen Commission:

The Cohen Commission invites members of the public to make written submissions on the subject matter of the inquiry. Submissions are reviewed by commission staff, and may be considered by the Commissioner.

Contact your MP:

Find your MP, and ask them to represent your interest in the protection of wild

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Oct. 1-5– Art for the Sky

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:32:16 +0000

Fraser Riverkeeper is working with Vancouver’s school district to develop an Art for the Sky project, which will promote the Fraser Basin community members’ understanding of their connection to the Fraser River system and the viability of its salmon. This project will encourage the schools and community to share their knowledge with teachers, family, and friends;

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News Links

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:20:51 +0000

Fraser River Sockeye Run Biggest Since 1913

Dying, dead marine wildlife paint dark, morbid picture of Gulf

Toxic oil spill rains could destroy North America

Access to oil spill slowly being strangled off

Oil spill creates huge undersea “dead zones”‘

Bobby Kennedy’s Sex, Lies, and Oil Spills

Municipal system to accept ferry sewage

Reining in U.S. Rent-a-Rambos: Scandal has shone the light on

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Aug. 18 – Oct. 21 — Cohen Commission Public Forums

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:50:38 +0000

Public Forums Schedule, Information, and Application

Cohen Commission to hold public forums in Lillooet, Campbell River, Steveston, Victoria, New Westminster, Prince George, Chilliwack and Kamloops

MEDIA ALERT August 4, 2010

The Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River will hold a series of public forums to provide an opportunity

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Aquaculture

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:38:29 +0000

Aquaculture, or commercial/non-commercial salmon farming, has had a great impact on Fraser River. Several organizations and biologists claim that salmon farming located along west Coast of BC are responsible for the dramatic decrease of wild sockeye salmon in the Fraser River in 2009. Salmon farming not only poses an impact on wild salmon themselves but also

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Pulp and paper mills

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:31:11 +0000

Pulp and paper mills are present throughout the upper and lower Fraser Valley, and comprise a significant industry in Upper Fraser towns. Their presence provides a source of employment, but there are some environmental impacts associated with pulp and paper mills, depending on the type of processes that they use.

A pulp mill is the first part

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Oct. 25 — Cohen Commission Evidentiary Hearings

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:49:30 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2010 Cohen Commission releases schedule for fall evidentiary hearings

(Vancouver) The Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River has released its plan for evidentiary hearings beginning on October 25th, 2010, including the list of topics to be investigated in the fall of 2010 and

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