Salmon farming in Chile

September 19, 2002 - Public event: Monday, September 23
Comparing Salmon Farming in BC and Chile

VANCOUVER - While at opposite ends of the Pacific, British Columbia and Chile share several commonalities: thriving wine industries, coastal temperate rainforests, and – unfortunately – growing numbers of net-cage salmon farms.

As in BC, serious concerns exist in Chile about the environmental impacts of salmon farming and its effect on the economies of coastal regions. Increasingly, Chileans are questioning the benefits of this industry run by multinational corporations.

Marcel Claude, founder and executive director of the Terram Foundation, and former director of the Chilean Central Bank’s Natural Resource Accounting Department, will explain the net-cage salmon farming industry in Chile at a public meeting in North Vancouver on Monday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m.

Mr. Claude is available for media interviews during the day on Monday.

WHAT: Infinite Growth: The Myth of Chilean Salmon Farming – an address and video presentation by Marcel Claude

WHEN: Monday, September 23 – 8 p.m.

WHERE: Capilano College, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver
Lynnmour Centre Library Building, Room 322

Presented by the David Suzuki Foundation

“When we think about development, what we are most interested in is an ecological balance. This allows us to think about the possibilities of continuing to create the necessary physical conditions for a better life.” Marcel Claude


For more information and to arrange interviews, please contact David Taylor or Jean Kavanagh at the David Suzuki Foundation 604-732-4228. Visit our website www.davidsuzuki.org