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Resolution on Salmon Netcages and Atlantic Salmon Escapes
September 24, 1998
Since escaped exotic Atlantic salmon have now reproduced multiple generations of offspring in British Columbia's wild natural river system. And since wild natural Pacific salmon populations are in crisis and face habitat loss and disease from escaped Atlantics and their offspring, and since industry and government have misled the public about the risks of introducing exotic species such as Atlantic salmon we demand the following:
Signing Organizations
David Suzuki Foundation Georgia Strait Alliance Sierra Legal Defence Fund Chuck Pezeshki, Director - The Clearwater Biodiversity Project David L. Allison, President - Fish Forever Dr. James V. Price, Associate Professor - Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University Randy Burke - Bluewater Adventures Lisa Barrett - Pacific Policy Institute Alan Wilson - Wave-Length Paddling Magazine Peter Morrison - Pacific Biodiversity Institute Dr. Peter Bein, Senior Project Planning Analyst - Ministry of Transportation & Highways Lawrence M. Dill, FRSC, Professor and Director - Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University Ron Ydenberg, Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University Wild Fish First Society Glendale Fisheries Ltd. McKee's Fishing Company Clochnaron Fishing Company Ltd. Fred Graham - Rural Association of East Sooke Derrick Mallard - Citizens for a Safe Environment Arnie Narcisse, Co-chair of BC Aboriginal Fisheries Commission Brewster and Cathleen Kneen, publishers, The Ram's Horn Dr. Tamara C. Grand James N. M. Smith, conservation educator and Associate Director of the UBC Centre for Biodiversity Research Granby Wilderness Society, Grand Forks, BC Ian and Karen McAllister (Great Bear Rainforest) "EarthSeen" Program, Independent Community Television (ICTV) Community Media Educational Society Full Figure Theatre Company Society Canadian Marine Environment Protection Society Anne-Marie Sleeman Will Soltaau, troller Cotes Island Forest Committee Caspar Davis Kathy Scarfo Craig Orr, a spokesman for Watershed Watch Salmon Society Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers QB Environment Committee Lorena Mowers Alex Morton Bruce Hill Pamela Willis Ann Rahme Bob Lalonde Patrick Guntensperger Iwona Bein, Fish Processing Quality Controller Maja Tomas Patricia McKimm from Bella Coola Ronald Tomas Tim Wilson Eric Jordan - Alaskan Salmon Troller Greg Rebar Emily Walter BC Wild Greenpeace Warren Bell M.D., Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment Vern Rutter, Hood Canal Environmental Council Timothy J. Coleman, Director, Kettle Range Conservation Group Born Free Foundation Pacific Orca Society OrcaLab Paul Spong Helena Symonds Rainforest Relief Canadian EarthCare Society ECO-TEK Wastewater Treatments Inc. Rainforest Action Network Donald B. Clark United Church of Christ Network for Environmental & Economic Responsibility Donald B. Clark. United Church of Christ, Network for Environmental & Economic Responsibility Cumberland Countians for Peace and Justice Laura Duncan James R. Karr, Professor of Fisheries and Zoology, University of Washington Fish for Life Foundation Lesley J. Evans Ogden, Ph.D. candidate, CWS/NSERC Wildlife Ecology Research Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University Leavenworth Audubon Adopt-a-Forest, Leavenworth, WA USA National Endangered Species Network, Dr. K. Shawn Smallwood Shoshone Gabrielino Band of California Indians, Chief Ya'Anna - Vera Rocha Jim Prentice Dr. Alison Prentice Ph.D. D.Litt. Ll.D. F.R.S.C. Jordan R. Mayor Orca Quest, Maureen Startin Paul Dayton Stephen Best, Vice President, International Wildlife Coalition Chris Koenig Callum Roberts, senior lecturer in marine ecology at the University of York Gary D. Grossman, Professor of Fish Ecology, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia Michael Soule, The Wildlands Project Richard D. Huey The Video Project: Media for a Safe and Sustainable World (USA) Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre, Salt Spring Island, BC, Jeff Lederman, Director Tokitae Foundation Rivershed Society of BC Randall Lewis, Squamish Nation Environmental Rep, of Environment, Lands and Resources Portfolio The Center for Social Justice and Global Awareness National Marine Wildlife and Habitat Committee, Sierra Club (US) Parisa Norouzi The Humane Society of Canada Rixanne Wehren, Coastal Land Trust Larry Hobbs, Biologist Sean Anderson, UCLA Biology Department Deanna Wulff, deannaw@clbooks.com, United States. William L. Kruczynski, Ph.D. - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Carolyn Burks, Wildlife and Fisheries Biologist II, National Marine Fisheries Service Puget Sound Urban Wildlife Photography Club Joseph R. Olson, Cetacean Research Technology Suzanne Koehler Center for Social Justice and Global Awareness, San Antonio, TX Burns Bog Conservation Society Vern Rutter , Hood Canal Environmental Council Jack Mah Dr. Patrick de Rham, ACN Director The Humane Society of the United States Ellen Richardson, Coastal Chair, Long Island Sierra Club |
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