Films:
Dear Norway - Help us save the wild salmon
Damien Gillis, Canada 2009, 18 min
Short film about the problems and impacts
of salmon farming with a focus on British
Columbia.
Alexandra's Echo
Helen Slinger, Canada 2003, 47 min
A film about Alexandra Mortons life and her
struggle for the survival of the wild salmon.
Program:
19:00: Bar open
19:15: Film: Dear Norway
19:30: Discussion
20:30: Film: Alexandra's Echo
In collaboration with Pure Salmon Campaign and Forum for utvikling og miljø
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Dear Norway -
Clean up or Clear out
Norwegian greed is killing the wild salmon in Canada.
The two largest salmon farming companies in the world are Norwegian - John Fredriksen's Marine Harvest and the partly state-owned Cermaq. Both companies have different standards for how they operate in Norway and how they operate abroad. They are gaining a reputation for poor environmental standards and labour conditions.
A delegation from Canada is coming to Norway in May to participate at the General Assemblies of Marine Harvest and Cermaq, and try to persuade the majority of shareholders that the way they are doing business is completely unsustainable.
"From the people of Canada to the people of Norway: Help us save our wild salmon before it's too late." - is the plea from the Canadian delegation to Norway.
Guests:
Alexandra Morton (Director of the Salmon Coast Field Station in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada)
Chief Bob Chamberlin (Chief of the Kwicksutaineuk Ah-kwa-mish First Nation and Chairman of the Musgamagw-Tsawataineuk Tribal Council)
Damien Gillis (Save Our Rivers Society)
On Canada's west coast these companies are the major actors in causing the extinction of wild salmon. The companies have huge profits in good years. Still, they refuse to run the farming business according to standards that would protect the wildlife where they operate. They knowingly distribute propaganda to distort the discussion about environmental consequences of their business.
Sea lice is right now the biggest threat to the wild salmon. A large majority of researchers agree that there is a very strong relation between the salmon farms and the level of lice found on the wild salmon. The companies are trying to make this look like a discussion where there are equal scientific support both for and against the theory of a relation between the fish farms and sea lice. The reality is that they are making this debate up by buying researchers to write what they want them to write.
Why does a state owned company choose to jeopardize something as a important as the wild salmon stock on the west coast of Canada, just to save a few dollars in production?
This is extremely irresponsible behaviour, and is damaging to the environment and to Norway's reputation and image in the world.
The two largest salmon farming companies in the world are Norwegian - John Fredriksen's Marine Harvest and the partly state-owned Cermaq. Both companies have different standards for how they operate in Norway and how they operate abroad. They are gaining a reputation for poor environmental standards and labour conditions.
A delegation from Canada is coming to Norway in May to participate at the General Assemblies of Marine Harvest and Cermaq, and try to persuade the majority of shareholders that the way they are doing business is completely unsustainable.
"From the people of Canada to the people of Norway: Help us save our wild salmon before it's too late." - is the plea from the Canadian delegation to Norway.
Guests:
Alexandra Morton (Director of the Salmon Coast Field Station in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada)
Chief Bob Chamberlin (Chief of the Kwicksutaineuk Ah-kwa-mish First Nation and Chairman of the Musgamagw-Tsawataineuk Tribal Council)
Damien Gillis (Save Our Rivers Society)
On Canada's west coast these companies are the major actors in causing the extinction of wild salmon. The companies have huge profits in good years. Still, they refuse to run the farming business according to standards that would protect the wildlife where they operate. They knowingly distribute propaganda to distort the discussion about environmental consequences of their business.
Sea lice is right now the biggest threat to the wild salmon. A large majority of researchers agree that there is a very strong relation between the salmon farms and the level of lice found on the wild salmon. The companies are trying to make this look like a discussion where there are equal scientific support both for and against the theory of a relation between the fish farms and sea lice. The reality is that they are making this debate up by buying researchers to write what they want them to write.
Why does a state owned company choose to jeopardize something as a important as the wild salmon stock on the west coast of Canada, just to save a few dollars in production?
This is extremely irresponsible behaviour, and is damaging to the environment and to Norway's reputation and image in the world.