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 Protect Pacific Salmon!
Please join us in urging the federal government to take immediate action to reform fisheries and salmon habitat management. More conservation officers are needed to enforce existing habitat protection regulations and fisheries must become more precautionary and selective.

Please write to the federal Fisheries Minister, urging:

1) Hiring at least 12 more habitat conservation officers within the next year, and a further 16 within three years.
2) Listing of threatened salmon stocks under the Species at Risk act.
3) Five years of annual funding of at least five million dollars to implement the Pacific Wild Salmon Policy.  

Anyone can write in support of wild salmon.

A sample letter is below. Feel free to use it, modify it, or create your own.

For more information on the study please see the David Suzuki Foundation press release and download Upstream Battle and Returning Salmon.

Thank you,
The David Suzuki Foundation

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SAMPLE LETTER

Attention: The Hon. Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, hearn.l@parl.gc.ca

Re: the future of wild Pacific salmon in Canada

Pacific salmon in Canada are in trouble. A recent analysis of 10 salmon stocks shows that fisheries mismanagement, habitat destruction, and climate change have resulted in salmon declines across Western Canada. Your department has the mandate to protect salmon and your leadership is needed.

I urge you to increase the number of habitat enforcement officers and provide increased funding for the implementation of the Pacific Wild Salmon Policy.

Wild salmon are enormously important to the ecosystem, economy, and culture of B.C. Action must be taken to protect the full range of Pacific salmon biodiversity and to enable recovery of stocks at risk. The resilience of Pacific salmon to global warming and the productivity of Canadian fisheries are dependent on abundant and diverse salmon stocks.

Please act now to ensure Pacific salmon can continue to play a critical role in the function of Canadian ecosystems and communities.

Yours sincerely,

Your name here

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Take Action to Protect Wild Salmon

A recent report in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Science concludes that sea lice from salmon farms are putting wild salmon stocks at risk of local extinction. Click here to learn more and to join us in urging governments to protect wild salmon.

Let the government know you want to see Canada commit to protecting our marine ecosystems and to supporting sustainable fisheries.

Click here to write a letter to the Prime Minister asking that Canada live up to its commitments regarding the protection and sustainable management of our oceans.

Sustainable Fisheries

Send a letter to government demanding national seafood labelling requirements that will enable the public to make educated choices in favour of sustainable seafood options.

Wild Salmon

To report a salmon-habitat violation, go to Salmonopolis and help ensure the federal Fisheries Act is working to protect wild salmon.

Aquaculture

Visit the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform for details on how you can demonstrate your commitment to wild salmon.

Download our brochure: Why you shouldn't eat farmed salmon. (PDF)

To receive email updates about salmon aquaculture issues, join ART, the Aquaculture Response Team. Just visit our email subscription page and fill in the fields.

Read the news release from the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) about its efforts to get Safeway stores to stop selling farmed salmon until it is sustainable. Then send your letter to Safeway.  

Offshore Oil Drilling

Click here to take action to protect our Canadian coasts from offshore oil and gas.

 

For more tips on taking action and to contact a political representative by phone, email or regular mail, click here.