Preserve Wild Salmon

Come join Alexandra Morton, Chief Bob Chamberlin, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Elizabeth May, Denise Savoie and hundreds of Wild Salmon People walking to Victoria on Sunday 1st May.

Start at 9am at Tsawout First Nation in Saanich and walk 22km to the BC Parliament for a rally (3pm-5pm).

Hey, everyone, This is BIG!

The Cohen Commission opens on Monday Oct. 25th. Come to Vanier Park at 11:00 am, across the Burrard Bridge from downtown Vancouver, to join a lunch time rally on the same day. For too long this fishery has been mismanaged. Now is the time to correct this. Please join us in in letting the commission know that we want justice for Wild Salmon.

Wild Salmon Circle Barbeque

In September, the Wild Salmon Circle will be hosting a salmon barbeque for our members. The date and location of the barbeque have yet to be determined, but it will take place sometime in September. This will be a potluck barbeque - we plan to provide the salmon and are asking people who would like to attend to bring a dish or beverage of their own.

A bus has been rented to facilitate Migrators from the Lower Mainland.
Call Megan if you need more details - 250-974-4424. You can also see the website for more details - http://salmonaresacred.org/blog/bus-transportation-vancouver...

It has room for 47 and a bathroom on board. Suggested donation of $20 to ride from Swartz Bay at 8:30 to meet up with the Migration 'downstream'.

Salmon supporters, near and far,

There is some big news to report! No guarantees, of course, but there seems to be an awful lot of attention and action promoting wild salmon, and growing awareness of the manifold damage and destruction wreaked by open pen salmon farms, in BC and worldwide.

There's a new press release and a compelling new 3-minute video called “Everyone Loves Wild Salmon, Don’t They” - online now at: http://www.salmonaresacred.org/blog/new-video-everyone-loves...

You'll learn lots, and then you can spread the word to your networks, Twitter, Facebook, list serves.

Do it now :-) Our wild salmon are worth it.

The Wild Salmon Circle is calling for urgent action this week to protect this year’s out migrating Fraser sockeye. The grassroots citizen’s group is asking the public to call on opposition MPs to stand up for wild salmon in Ottawa – before parliament shuts down again for spring break. To contact your MP, please follow this link: http://www.wildsalmoncircle.com/government/

I'm not an Olympic fan, and still, one has to smile and rejoice with the inclusive, celebratory atmosphere that surrounded much of the recent Vancouver 2010 games. Want a touching sample: go to http://vimeo.com/9451898 and be prepared to move! :-)

Here's an exciting way you can stand up for our wild salmon during the Olympics: The Wild Salmon Circle is hosting another rally, Sat. Feb. 20, 1 pm at Vanier Park. Here are all the details: http://www.wildsalmoncircle.com/

Excellent speakers, family fun, a chance to write the King of Norway! Join us, join up, turn the tide, save our wild salmon!

The Wild Salmon Circle Presents: A New Film on Global Salmon Farming Industry + Panel Talk + Citizen Action

Date: Thursday, November 12
Time: 7-9 PM
Location: SFU Segal Centre - Room 1500-500 Granville St. (Downtown Vancouver - Granville & Pender)
Cost: $10 for Public / $5 for Students & Seniors

Come and join us, show support for wild salmon, and taking back BC coast from multinational salmon farming corporations. Sea lice and diseases from these pens are killing off our wild stock. Hope to see you there! For more information, and to join the Wild Salmon Circle, go to http://www.wildsalmoncircle.com

A RALLY will be held this Wednesday, SEPT. 16 at NOON in front of the DFO offices at Burrard and Pender.

COME and join us this Wednesday. The purpose is to inform the people and the government of the issue of the link between salmon fish farms and declining salmon stocks.

Background information:

BACKGROUND FACTS:

• Open-net salmon farms have wiped out populations of wild salmon and sea-run trout in Norway, Ireland, and Scotland.

Come one, come all! Sept. 16 and Oct 3 Stand up for Wild Salmon, Turn the Tide.

A first gathering will be held September 16 at noon in front of the DFO offices at Burrard and Pender -- to inform the people and the government of the issue and recruit as many people as possible to the October 3 rally. Come out. It's a good feeling to be DOING something for wild salmon!

Do you want to help preserve our wild salmon from extinction? Go to www.adopt-a-fry.org, and click to sign a letter to Fisheries Minister asking that the laws of Canada be applied to fish farms. Extinction is where our salmon are headed if we don't change our present course:

Calling for Emergency Measures to Protect Wild Salmon