Triumphant Victoria Finale for Salmon Migration

The climactic finish of the "Get Out Migration" for wild salmon - in Victoria, where 5,000 turned out to the the lawn of the provincial Legislature to tell governments to get open net salmon farms out of BC's waters. Featuring powerful speeches from salmon biologist Alexandra Morton - who led the Migration down Vancouver Island - former BC Environment Minister Rafe Mair, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Order of Canada recipient Vicky Husband, aboriginal drums, music, colourful costumes and thousands of citizens committed to saving wild salmon...Everything the mainstream media didn't show you about one of the largest and most powerful public demonstrations of its kind in BC history.

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[CommonSenseCanadian]

The only thing that's clear is nothing is clear. Wouldn't you love to declare victory on this - in your typically simple-minded way. But the overall state of Fraser sockeye and all of BC's coastal salmon runs is in bad shape - just because we had a good Fraser run this year doesn't mean we can rest on our laurels. The precautionary principle demands we take any risks we can control out of the equation so as to give our wild fish the best hope of survival and recovery - including salmon farms.

[CommonSenseCanadian]

One thing this extraordinary Fraser run this year does is puts to rest the favorite foil of you fish farmers for shirking responsibility onto other factors - namely climate change and ocean conditions are to blame for declining wild salmon populations. Clearly that contention has been put in serious doubt this year. Finally, it is impossible to rule salmon farms out as an impact on future Fraser sockeye runs when your industry keeps its sea lice and pathogen testing secret. What are you hiding?

[Folkboat11]

UPDATE!!!!! (it's 2010). Now we have record returns of sockeye salmon in British Columbia. Great pink salmon and chinook salmon too.

So, it's clear this "scare" was a trumped up tactic to try to scare the consumer away from a healthy food source - farm-raised salmon. The only thing Mortan has right is when she said " I dont have a great set of credentials."

[CommonSenseCanadian]

One thing this extraordinary Fraser run this year does is puts to rest the favorite foil of you fish farmers for shirking responsibility onto other factors - namely climate change and ocean conditions are to blame for declining wild salmon populations. Clearly that contention has been put in serious doubt this year. Finally, it is impossible to rule salmon farms out as an impact on future Fraser sockeye runs when your industry keeps its sea lice and pathogen testing secret. What are you hiding?

[CommonSenseCanadian]

Kudos to William Shatner for standing up for Canada's wild salmon. Check out "William Shatner Supports Bill for Wild Salmon"

[Folkboat11]

Why are there so many "Comment removed" ? Lets leave them on. This is just a one sided propaganda video.

[CommonSenseCanadian]

@Folkboat11 You have to ask "labernese" that question. He/she removed their own comments after the fact. Perhaps they didn't want to leave of record of how they lost the above argument....Yes it is one sided. As the Atlantic Monthly said of my recent documentary on the global salmon farming industry, "It's the side the industry doesn't want you to hear."

[tristanaaronshaw12]

what a shame the mainstream media refused to cover this monumental event its just another example of corporate control we should boycott all mainstream media and spread the word,the trouble is the masses are so lethargic its hard to get the numbers required to make any impact i hope some day that will change. mark shaw.

[CommonSenseCanadian]

You ignore my earlier point, which is that we absolutely need to reduce the harvest of our wild salmon. We are already in agreement on that point. I'm not arguing for the consumption of wild salmon. I'm arguing for the removal of open net salmon farms from our coast. Plain and simple.

[CommonSenseCanadian]

I'm concerned for BC's wild salmon, and for our global fisheries. In BC - like everywhere open net salmon farms operate - these farms are demonstrably impacting our wild fish by transfering pathogens and parasites into the marine environment.  No matter what Alaskan hatcheries are doing (and hatcheries are generally a bad idea - you'll get no argument from me there either), salmon farms deplete global fisheries w their demands for food fish, as I noted earlier. 2 wrongs don't make a right.