BACKGROUND FACTS:

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

The next hearing on two huge Vancouver Island fish farms is May 27. Write now to urge that the licenses be denied. Cut and paste the letter below, which references the Georgia Strait Alliance's detailed submission. Go to http://www.georgiastrait.org/?q=node/872 directly if you need more info before writing. But write! Now! Tell your friends.

There are plans for massive expansion of fish farms, there has been little notice of these pending changes, and no public consultation. Go to http://www.georgiastrait.org/ and click on Hot Topics Fish Farm Expansion, or go directly to : http://www.georgiastrait.org/?q=node/801

There you can click to sign a petition to the Premier and ministers, and/or send a fax.

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