[BCFSN] West Coast Seeds - Job Opportunity

[Sharon Edelmeier]

Thank you,

We will certainly write a letter from Grandview Woodland Food Connection
and i have posted in our Blog.

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On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Dawn Morrison <dmo6842 at gmail.com> wrote:

> See important message to Christy Clark regarding wild salmon and saving
> them from any further harm from the open net cage fish farms. I ask that
> you all lend your voice to push Christy Clark and the government agencies
> and corporations to do the right thing and get the fish farms out of our
> ocean. While I agree, closed cage fish farms inland may be a viable
> opportunity in the short term, I feel we need to spend our energy saving
> wild salmon and nurturing our relationship to them for longer term
> sustainability. If done properly, they would provide all the needs for food
> and no fish farms of any kind would be needed.
>
> Dawn Morrison,
>
> BC Food Systems Network
> Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
> C/O 555 East 55th Avenue
> Vancouver, B.C, V5X 1N6
> Mobile: 778.879.5106
> Email: dmo6842 at gmail.com
> Website: www.indigenousfoodsystems.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Eddie Gardner <singingbear at telus.net>
> Date: 2015-06-08 15:29 GMT-07:00
> Subject: Letter to Premier Christy Clark re Fish Farms
> To: Dalton.silver at sumasfirstnation.com, bobbi_doll at shaw.ca, Chief Alice
> Mckay <alice.mckay at shaw.ca>, Alice Thompson <alice at lakahahmen.com>,
> alice at leqamel.com, doug.kelly at stolotribalcouncil.ca, Joanne Hugh <
> thehughcrew95 at gmail.com>, Glenda - Tzeachten <glenda at tzeachten.ca>,
> Kelsey Charlie <kelsey.charlie at chehalisband.com>, murraysam at skway.com, Ed
> Hall <Ed at kwikwetlem.com>, susan at katzie.ca
> Cc: Dawn Morrison <dmo6842 at gmail.com>, Alex Morton <
> alexandramorton5 at gmail.com>, sabina dennis <shmookin at gmail.com>, April
> Thomas <saynotothenstqtreaty at hotmail.com>, janice billy <
> jrdickbilly at gmail.com>, Natalie Clark <natalie.clark at ubc.ca>, Douglas
> Gook <gookmirth60 at gmail.com>
>
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> You will find a letter Premier Christy Clark with the logos of 10
> Indigenous governments along the Fraser and Thompson rivers informing her
> the Province of BC must not expand existing fish farms, offer new leases of
> occupation or renew fish farm leases without our collective consent.
> Aggressive expansion of fish farms on migration routes must be halted as an
> immediate step to prevent a serious demise of our endangered wild salmon.
> The Norwegian ocean fish farms decimated their wild salmon stocks in their
> country and their aquaculture industry is currently facing very serious out
> of control  sea lice problems.  We must prevent this from happening in
> Canada.
>
> We invite you to add your strength to this effort to rid fish farms from
> migration routes of wild salmon.  There are alternatives that we can
> support, such as sustainable land-based aquaculture.  Dr. Alexandra Morton,
> a marine biologist living on Vancouver Island, is willing to be the
> secretary to add the logo to this letter, along with your respective chiefs
> names at the bottom.
>
> Should you have any questions regarding this, please don't hesitate to
> contact either myself or Alexandra Morton.
>
> Yours in solidarity,
>
>
> Eddie Gardner
> 604-792-0867
> singingbear at telus.net
> www.farmed-salmon-boycott.com
>
>
> Dr. Alexandra Morton
> 1-250-974-7086
> Alex Morton <alexandramorton5 at gmail.com>
> www.SalmonAreSacred.com
>
>
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