Save Our Skeena Salmon

Many many people and groups are trying to protect our salmon from fishfarms. Many of us have been acting. For Example:

• Lax Kw’alaams band council has been writing letters passing motions.
• The Chatham Sound Charter Boat Association spoke up at Prince Rupert City Council
• Commercial fishermen have been writing letters to the editor
• Liberals have been lobbying their members and NDP theirs.
• Environmentalists have been handing out information, and…..
• The owners of Babine Norlakes Lodge sent letters out to their clients

It goes on and on.

We need to work together. Show a strong united front.

Join with us, together we make stuff happen. Like making the May 7th event a success.

Since fall 2003 to 2007 the Prince Rupert Environmental Society focused only on fishfarms. Our Save our Skeena Salmon Campaign welcomed and sought out all sectors and has had many meetings where, First Nations, sport fishermen, environmentalists, commercial fishermen, loggers, students, left wing, right wing, all get along. As long as we focus on stopping these farms we get along great!And we won a local moratorium!

We are still working to protect wild salmon in our region; to bring together coastal and upriver groups, influential Steelhead angling clients, First Nations organizations, local sports fishermen, tourism businesses and many many others. We have and will continue to spread the word outside the region.

We need to find ways for friendly town and village councils and band councils to work with fishing industry groups and ordinary people like kayakers, sports fishing loggers and mothers who want to make sure they have jarred salmon for their kids lunches.

Spreading the word about the marvelous Skeena salmon and the threat fishfarms pose is still important. So is keeping up our organization and maintaining our networks.  Become a member (it is only $5.00 -- see our donation page and mention membership at the end or go to Contact and write us.) We use the many contacts we are making to keep up the pressure.

As a result of the fishfarm issue we now have two pro moratorium NDP MLAs working for us and an NDP MP.  This is not a left wing right wing issue, but we wanted a moratorium and we needed to get our government to put one in. Losing votes gets attention.