See here for a summary of media coverage on the Paddle for Wild Salmon, the Cohen Commission and the issue:
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"Evidence of farm-induced parasite infestations on wild juvenile salmon in multiple regions of coastal British Columbia, Canada" (Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, December): http://rparticle.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/rparticle/AbstractTemplateServlet?calyLang=eng&journal=cjfas&volume=67&year=0&issue=12&msno=f10-105
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"Supersalmon: Are They Safe to Eat?" (Food Safety News, 9th November): http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/11/are-supersalmon-safe-to-eat/
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"Major U.S. Environmental Groups Call for Full Environmental Review of Genetically Engineered Salmon: FDA considering approval of first genetically engineered animal for human consumption despite inadequate environmental review" (Common Dreams, 8th November): http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/11/08-3
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"Salmon rebound is possible" (Prince George, 5th November): http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/pgfreepress/news/106779293.html
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"Salmon could show path for transgenic animals - FDA considering approval of AquaAdvantage salmon while Enviropigs wait" (American Veterinary Medical Association, 5th November):
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/nov10/101115f.asp
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"As FDA Ponders Its Approval, Consumer Group's Report Questions Claims for Genetically Engineered Salmon" (Presswire, 5th November):
http://www.einnews.com/pr-news/215872-as-fda-ponders-its-approval-consumer-group-s-report-questions-claims-for-genetically-engineered-salmon
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"Battle of King salmon" (BBC News, 5th November): http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2010/11/101104_doc_salmon_battle_part2.shtml
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"Another BC company releases site-specific sea lice data: Mainstream Canada is the second largest salmon farmer in British Columbia, and the second to post information about the results from sea lice monitoring at their farms on the Internet for all to see" (Fish Farming Xpert, 5th November): http://www.fishfarmingxpert.com/index.php?page_id=76&article_id=89714
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"Reconsidering the lobster roll" (Salon, 4th November): http://www.salon.com/life/sustainable_food/?story=/food/feature/2010/11/04/fish_farm
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"Something's fishy" (National Post, 3rd November): http://www.nationalpost.com/Something+fishy/3767629/story.html Including from Mike Price, Alexandra Morton and John Reynolds writing in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (December 2010 issue):
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"Our results support the hypothesis that salmon farms are a major source of sea lice on juvenile wild salmon in salmon farming regions and underscore the importance of using management techniques that mitigate threats to wild stocks"
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[Download Abstract and paper in full online via: http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/rp-ps/inDetail.jsp?jcode=cjfas&lang=eng&vol=67&is=12]
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The Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River began evidentiary hearings in Vancouver on Monday, October 25, 2010. Hearings will run primarily Mondays through Thursdays and are scheduled from 10 am to 12:30 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm each day. These hearings are open to the public and will be held at the Federal Court at 701 West Georgia Street, 8th floor. Evidentiary hearings will run through mid- December, and continue in the new year. Details online via: http://www.cohencommission.ca/en/NewsReleases/EvidentiaryHearings.phpView a slideshow of the Paddle for Wild Salmon online now via: http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2010/11/slide-show-of-our-paddle-to-the-cohen-commission.html
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"Salmon Virus Watch: It Is Up to Us" (Pacific Free Press, 4th November): http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/7293-salmon-virus-watch-its-now-up-to-concerned-citizens.html
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"Halloween is over but the haunting has just begun!" (Farmed & Dangerous, 4th November): http://www.farmedanddangerous.org/
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"Mainstream posts sea lice counts in BC farms to fight misinformation" (The Westerly News, 4th November): http://www2.canada.com/westerly/news/story.html?id=270da17e-6cf2-4413-a56d-0f9995419769
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"Adios to salmon farms" (North Island Gazette, 4th November): http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/northislandgazette/opinion/letters/106567993.html
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"New Report Refutes Industry Argument that Genetically Modified Salmon will Feed Hungry World Populations" (Common Dreams, 4th November): http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/11/04-7
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"Brain lesions linked to sharp drop in sockeye stocks" (The Globe & Mail, 3rd November): http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/brain-lesions-linked-to-sharp-drop-in-sockeye-stocks/article1783546/
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"Salmon Talks with Alexandra Morton" (Bridge River Lillooet News, 3rd November): http://www.lillooetnews.net/article/20101103/LILLOOET0602/311039995/-1/lillooet/salmon-talks-with-alexandra-morton
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"The curse of Frankensalmon" (Salem Weekly, 3rd November): http://willamettelive.com/story/The_curse_of_frankensalmon130.html
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"Salmon Aquaculture Leaders Meet to Begin Process of Revising Draft Salmon Standards" (PR Web, 3rd November): http://www.prweb.com/releases/Salmon-Aquaculture/wwf/prweb4741064.htm
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"Draft salmon standards amended" (Intrafish, 3rd November): http://www.intrafish.no/global/news/article278776.ece
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"Salmon growers say pesticide test did not follow proper protocols" (Intrafish, 3rd November): http://www.intrafish.no/global/news/article278752.ece
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"Canada stops lice pesticide trial" (Intrafish, 2nd November): http://www.intrafish.no/global/news/article278677.ece"How Marine Harvest stole the fish farms" (Grass!struggle, 2nd November): http://grassstruggle.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-marine-harvest-stole-fish-farms.html
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“Open Your Eyes” On Salmon Farms: Ahousaht Chief Councillor" (The Westcoaster, 2nd November): http://www.westcoaster.ca/news/alberni-clayoquot/10224-Open-Your-Eyes-Salmon-Farms-Ahousaht-Chief-Councillor.html
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"Chief Bob Chamberlin speaks the press at the Cohen Inquiry during the Paddle for Wild Salmon" (Witty Sparks, 2nd November): http://videos.wittysparks.com/id/4035588739
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"Newly Disclosed Government Documents Conclude GE Salmon Pose A Critical Threat To Marine Environments" (Center for Food Safety, 27th October): http://ge-fish.org/2010/10/27/newly-disclosed-government-documents-conclude-ge-salmon-pose-a-critical-threat-to-marine-environments/
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"Slide show of our paddle to the Cohen Commission" (Alexandra Morton, 2nd November): http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2010/11/slide-show-of-our-paddle-to-the-cohen-commission.html
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"Notables left off list of B.C.'s 100 women of influence" (The Vancouver Sun, 2nd November): http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Notables+left+list+women+influence/3762766/story.html
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"Salmon farmers share desire for solutions" (The Times Colonist, 2nd November): http://www.timescolonist.com/Salmon+farmers+share+desire+solutions/3762670/story.html
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"Salmon are Sacred activists encourage Cohen inquiry" (Raven's Eye, November): http://www.ammsa.com/publications/ravens-eye/salmon-are-sacred-activists-encourage-cohen-inquiry
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"Chief Bob Chamberlin speaks to the press at the Cohen Inquiry during the Paddle for Wild Salmon" (You Tube, 2nd November): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcfCNBd0EhM
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"Paddle for Wild Salmon walks to the Cohen Inquiry" (You Tube, 2nd November): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWQRRf_OhwM
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"Paddle for Wild salmon marches to the Cohen Inquiry" (You Tube, 2nd November): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1lOuZBdvhs"The Paddle for Wild salmon lands at Vanier Park on October 25, 2010" (You Tube, 2nd November): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ONHFKg2DkE
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"If salmon are sacred, God help us all" (National Post, 1st November): http://www.nationalpost.com/salmon+sacred+help/3756849/story.html"DFO restructuring emphasizes ecosystem management, panel told" (The Globe & Mail, 1st November): http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/dfo-restructuring-emphasizes-ecosystem-management-panel-told/article1781799/
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"Farmed Canada salmon scores well" (Intrafish, 1st November): http://www.intrafish.no/global/news/article278634.ece"Salmon dialogue forges ahead" (Intrafish, 1st November): http://www.intrafish.no/global/news/article278589.ece
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"Salmon inquiry hopes to be commission to end all commissions" (The Tyee, 31st October): http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Food-Farming/2010/10/31/CohenCommission/
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"Fish farm slowdown urged by East Coast group" (CBC, 31st October): http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/10/31/nb-ns-aquaculture-coalition-lice.html
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"Salmon Are Sacred sendoff - National Grand Chief Shawn Atleo" (BC Daily Buzz, 31st October): http://www.bcdailybuzz.com/media/7140/Salmon_are_Sacred_sendoff/
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"Salmon Are Sacred - Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and Chief Marilyn Baptise" (World News/Matsqui First Nation, 31st October): http://wn.com/Matsqui_First_Nation
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"Alexandra Morton: A woman of great influence" (The Common Sense Canadian, 31st October): http://rafeonline.com/2010/10/alexandra-morton-a-woman-of-great-influence/
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"Activists paddle for save wild salmon" (Burnaby Now/New West Record, 30th October): http://www.burnabynow.com/Photo+Gallery+Activists+paddle+save+wild+salmon/3752659/story.html
http://www.royalcityrecord.com/Activists+paddle+save+wild+salmon/3752630/story.html
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"Sudden fish boom doesn’t mean decline is over, inquiry head says" (The Globe & Mail, 30th October): http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/sudden-fish-boom-doesnt-mean-decline-is-over-inquiry-head-says/article1779070/
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"Morton: It's Death By 1000 Cuts: Fraser River paddlers demand fish farm data" (The Valley Voice, 29th October): http://www.thevalleyvoice.ca/Voice%20Stories/October%202010/Alexandra%20Morton%20-%20Its%20Death%20By%201000%20Cuts%20~%20Salmon%20Are%20Sacred%20~%20October%2029%202010.htm
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"Sea lice treatment kills adult lobsters on east coast" (Living Oceans, 29th October): http://livingoceanssociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/sea-lice-treatment-kills-adult-lobsters.html
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"Cohen Commission releases interim report reviewing previous investigations into state of Fraser River sockeye" (Newswire, 29th October): http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/29/c7288.html
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"Cohen Commission Interim Report" (Fraser Riverkeeper, 29th October): http://www.fraserriverkeeper.ca/2010/10/cohen-commission/
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"I salute you, Salmon People" (Richmond News, 29th October): http://www.richmond-news.com/travel/salute+Salmon+People/3746236/story.html
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"Salmon Are Sacred Vancouver" (Orcinus Orca Collective, 29th October): http://orcinus.blogspot.com/2010/10/salmon-are-sacred-vancouver.html
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"A necessary evil" (The Courier-Islander, 29th October): http://www2.canada.com/courierislander/news/letters/story.html?id=d0ef5543-367e-489b-b1fa-56f53aa1e668
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"The Global Aquaculture Performance Index (GAPI)" (Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform, 29th October): http://www.farmedanddangerous.org/page/gapi
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"Global Aquaculture Performance Index - Our Thoughts" (BC Salmon Farmers' Association, 29th October): http://www.salmonfarmers.org/global-aquaculture-performance-index-our-thoughts-0
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"Global TV Live At the Paddle For Wild Salmon At Jericho Beach October 25, 2010" (You Tube, 29th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARZR_kLdyU
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"Paddle For Wild Salmon Leaves Jericho Beach, October 25, 2010" (You Tube, 29th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kuVJnXOdPs
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"Eddie Gardner Interview by Global TV at Jericho Beach, October 25, 2010" (You Tube, 29th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inF_cyPsoeI
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"Chiefs welcome the paddlers at Salmon are Sacred in Vancouver at Jericho Beach Oct 24, 2010" (Elemental Designs, 28th October): http://elementaldesigns.tumblr.com/post/1427758233/chiefs-welcome-the-paddlers-at-salmon-are-sacred"Media on hand for Alphamax treatments" (The Saint Croix Courier, 28th October): http://stcroixcourier.ca/fullnews.php?view=395"Moving Fish Onto Land to Increase Yield" (The New York Times, 27th October): http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/business/energy-environment/28iht-rbobsingfish.html?_r=2&src=busln
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"Fishing Hopes: The journey has begun" (The Valley Voice, 24th October): http://www.thevalleyvoice.ca/Voice%20Stories/October%202010/Letters%20~%20Fishing%20Hopes%20~%20Myrtle%20Mcdonald%20~%20October%2024%202010.htm
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See a photo gallery of the Paddle for Wild Salmon via Burnaby Now and The Valley Voice: http://www.burnabynow.com/Photo+Gallery+Activists+paddle+save+wild+salmon/3752659/story.html
http://www.thevalleyvoice.ca/Voice%20Stories/October%202010/Alexandra%20Morton%20-%20Its%20Death%20By%201000%20Cuts%20~%20Salmon%20Are%20Sacred%20~%20October%2029%202010.htm
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"Justice for Wild Salmon Rally - Alexandra Morton" (You Tube, 29th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipGBsQsOGX4
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"The people have spoken: Put fish farms on land and in closed containment" (The Times Colonist, 29th October): http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/people+have+spoken+fish+farms+land+closed+containment/3745436/story.html
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"Fish farms ask for another study on pesticide - Lobsters died after being placed in a pen with pesticide" (CBC, 29th October): http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/10/29/nb-alphamax-pesticide-aquaculture-1024.html
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"Salmon farming's child" (The Courier-Islander, 29th October): http://www.canada.com/Salmon+Farming+Child/3743771/story.html
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"B.C. salmon farmers air new ad" (Intrafish, 29th October): http://www.intrafish.no/global/news/article278536.ece"Wild Salmon People march to the Cohen Commission" (You Tube, 28th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REi6epxvnn0&feature=email
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"Panelists argue about how much biodiversity is good" (The Globe & Mail, 28th October): http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/panelists-argue-about-how-much-biodiversity-is-good/article1777139/
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"Canadian ecologist must admit salmon farms are not bad - Long-term anti-salmon farming activist helps produce report on world fish farming in ocean pens" (Fish Farming Xpert/Norwegian Fish Farmer, 28th October): http://www.fishfarmingxpert.com/index.php?page_id=76&article_id=89628
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"Paddle for Wild Salmon landing at Jericho Beach" (You Tube, 27th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkgcQAnMcmI&feature=related"Paddle for Wild Salmon leaving Musqueam" (You Tube, 27th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFnsDm3bVwk&feature=related
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"Maybe it's time to rethink what we think" (BC Salmon Farmers' Association, 27th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXkjmAzGmXs&feature=player_embedded
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"Activists demand release of salmon disease records" (Intrafish, 26th October): http://www.intrafish.no/global/news/article278381.ece
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"Salmon inquiry commissioner may need more time for hearings" (FIS, 26th October): http://fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=26&id=38866&l=e&country=0&special=aquaculture&ndb=1&df=0
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"Salmon Farmers glad to have their say" (CKNW, 25th October): http://www.cknw.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1300085
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"Biologist Alexandra Morton and the 'wild salmon people'" (The Mud Report, 25th October): http://themudreport.blogspot.com/2010/10/biologist-alexandra-morton-and-wild.html
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"Sacred Salmon Jericho" (You Tube, 24th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLlXWBArxCc&feature=related"Pesticide decision shocks fishermen - Aquaculture industry welcomes federal OK of deltamethrin in salmon cages" (Telegraph Journal, 22nd October): http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/city/article/1273844
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"Wild salmon alliances" (Grass!struggle, 28th October): http://grassstruggle.blogspot.com/2010/10/wild-salmon-alliances.html
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"Locals join forces in Vancouver for salmon rally" (The Westerly News, 28th October): http://www.canada.com/Locals+join+forces+Vancouver+salmon+rally/3740792/story.html
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"Fish farms begin use of new pesticide - New Brunswick salmon farmers have started the use of a restricted pesticide that fights sea lice on farmed Atlantic salmon" (CBC, 28th October): http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/10/28/nb-aquaculture-salmon-farming-alphamax-524.html
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"Group says FDA deliberately withheld info on GM salmon" (Intrafish, 28th October): http://www.intrafish.no/global/news/article278518.ece"First global study over impacts of aquaculture on environment - Researchers examined the environmental impact of marine fish farming per ton of fish produced" (FIS, 28th October): http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=10-2010&day=28&id=38912&l=e&country=0&special=&ndb=1&df=0
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"Salmon farms in the Bay of Fundy worry fishermen" (Scientific American, 28th October): http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=salmon-farms-in-the-bay-of-fundy-wo-2010-10-27
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"Even the Best Farmed Fish Can Cause Problems" (Science, 27th October): http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/10/even-the-best-farmed-fish-can.html
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"Finding a Sustainable Way to Farm the Seas" (The New York Times, 27th October): http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/business/energy-environment/28iht-rbobfish.html?_r=1&src=busln
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"Canadian researchers issue warning over environmental impact of fish farming" (The Vancouver Sun, 27th October): http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canadian+researchers+issue+warning+over+environmental+impact+fish+farming/3734962/story.html
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"New index measures impact of fish farming on environment" (AFP, 27th October): http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jrWG6iJOtNXrNduNq26Hwt-CENaA?docId=CNG.7d13de66add8144eaeaf055faf234c73.1a1
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"Global aquaculture performance tool unveiled" (Seafood Source, 27th October): http://www.seafoodsource.com/newsarticledetail.aspx?id=4294999767
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"Concerned Canadians organise coalition for aquaculture reform" (FIS, 27th October): http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=27&id=38877&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target=
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"Canada’s East Coast salmon farmers starting to feel the heat of environmentalists" (Fish Farming Xpert, 27th October): http://www.fishfarmingxpert.com/index.php?page_id=76&article_id=89607
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"Entering False Creek. Salmon Are Sacred - Fraser River Paddle" (You Tube, 26th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VnZNiH8tRM&feature=related
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"British Columbia Sees Largest Salmon Run In A Century, 34 Million Strong" (NPR, 26th October): http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/10/26/130842386/british-columbia-sees-largest-salmon-run-in-a-century
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"Groups urge stricter aquaculture rules - Government says fish farming is properly regulated and sustainable" (The Chronicle Herald, 26th October): http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1208817.html
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"New coalition wants major changes to aquaculture methods - Fishermen, environmentalists and coastal residents on the Bay of Fundy have banded together to voice serious concerns about the impacts of fish farming on marine life" (Telegraph Journal, 26th October): http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1278518
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"Norway may be facing Chile type salmon crisis, says critic, as sea lice spiral out of control" (Seafood News, 26th October): http://www.seafoodnews.com/
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"Flotilla of salmon supporters to launch inquiry into sockeye decline" (Turtle Island News, 26th October): http://www.theturtleislandnews.com/daily/mailer_stories/oct262010/2salmon.html
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"Do not satiate appetite for salmon with GE products" (The Hill, 26th October): http://thehill.com/opinion/letters/125971-do-not-satiate-appetite-for-salmon-with-ge-products
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"Making sense of 'Frankenfish' - AquaBounty says its salmon means more efficient aquaculture" (CBC, 25th October): http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/22/aquabounty-genetically-engineered-salmon.html
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"Fish farm critics march and rally in Vancouver at start of sockeye salmon inquiry hearings" (The Straight, 25th October): http://www.straight.com/article-354451/vancouver/fish-farm-opponents-march-and-rally-vancouver-start-sockeye-salmon-inquiry-hearings
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"Fishermen upset about use of pesticide in the Bay of Fundy" (CBC, 21st October): http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/10/21/nb-alphamax-grand-manan.html
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"Large-Scale Fish Farm Production Offsets Environmental Gains - New scientific tool assesses impact of global aquaculture" (PR Newswire, 27th October): http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/large-scale-fish-farm-production-offsets-environmental-gains-105856008.html
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"Study: fish farming harms environment" (Intrafish, 27th October): http://www.intrafish.no/global/news/article278439.ece"The Global Aquaculture Performance Index (GAPI) releases rankings for salmon aquaculture in Canada" (Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform, 27th October): www.farmedanddangerous.org
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"Introducing the Global Aquaculture Performance Index" (Pew Marine Finfish Aquaculture Standards Project, 27th October): www.gapi.ca
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"Don't Eat the Mutants: GE Salmon and New Seafood Guidance" (Huffington Post, 27th October): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leslie-hatfield/dont-eat-the-mutants-ge-s_b_774712.html
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"Too judgmental" (The Province, 27th October): http://www.theprovince.com/news/judgmental/3732424/story.html
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"Better balance" (The Province, 27th October): http://www.theprovince.com/health/Better+balance/3732431/story.html"Issue of native fishing rights contentious for Cohen commission" (The Globe & Mail, 27th October): http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/issue-of-native-fishing-rights-contentious-for-cohen-commission/article1774118/
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"Music and Environmental Activism with Holly Arntzen and Kevin Wright" (Sound Therapy Radio, 26th October): http://soundtherapyradio.com/2010/10/26/music-and-environmental-activism-with-holly-arntzen-and-kevin-wright/
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"We arrive at the Cohen Commission" (Alexandra Morton, 26th October): http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2010/10/we-arrive-at-the-cohen-commission.html
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"Fish farm impact needs studying'" (BBC News, 26th October): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11605510
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"Salmon are Sacred..." (Rubber Boot Diaries, 26th October): http://discover-bluewater.blogspot.com/2010/10/salmon-are-sacred_26.html
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"Wild Salmon Rally" (Rickshaw Unschooling, 26th October): http://rickshawunschooling.blogspot.com/
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"Donnelly's fish farm petition going swimmingly" (New Westminster News Leader, 26th October): http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/105808598.html"Fish-farm debate flares as probe into 2009 sockeye decline opens" (The Vancouver Sun, 26th October): http://www.vancouversun.com/Fish+farm+debate+flares+probe+into+2009+sockeye+decline+opens/3726187/story.html
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"Salmon inquiry commissioner may need more time for hearings" (FIS, 26th October): http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?l=e&country=0&special=&monthyear=&day=&id=38866&ndb=1&df=
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"Alexandra Morton, and paddlers in Vanier Park, Vancouver" (You Tube, 25th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdSAnpLTst4
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"60 wild salmon lovers have paddled all the way from Hope with a message for the Cohen Commission, which begins hearings in Vancouver today. We speak to paddle organizer Alexandra Morton" (CBC Radio, 25th October): http://www.cbc.ca/earlyedition/
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"Disease, parasites and volcanos: Cohen Inquiry examining the complex mystery of Pacific salmon" (Salt Spring News, 25th October): http://saltspringnews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=20928
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"Hearings explore decline of B.C.'s 'amazing, talented' sockeye salmon" (News 1130, 25th October): http://www.news1130.com/news/national/article/119650--sockeye-inquiry-commissioner-says-difficult-issues-involved-in-hearings
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"Opening of Fraser River inquiry welcomed by BC salmon farmers" (Fish News EU, 25th October): http://www.fishnewseu.com/latest-news/world/4544-opening-of-fraser-river-inquiry-welcomed-by-bc-salmon-farmers.html
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"Salmon inquiry focused on fish farming: A federal commission established to look into the reasons for a poor return of wild salmon to British Columbian rivers in 2009 is bombarded with accusations from the anti-salmon farming lobby" (Fish Farming Xpert, 25th October): http://www.fishfarmingxpert.com/index.php?page_id=76&article_id=89579
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"Sacred Salmon Jericho - Historic Paddle for Wild Salmon" (You Tube, 24th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLlXWBArxCc
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"Tla-o-qui-aht join forces with Wild salmon people" (Union of BC Indian Chiefs, 23rd October): http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/News_Releases/UBCICNews10231001.html
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"Fish Farms: Biologist and environmental activist Alexandra Morton explains why she believes salmon farms on a migration route have a negative effect on wild salmon. Her research is disputed by the fish farm industry" (BBC Newsnight, 26th October): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11619320
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"Alexandra Morton interviewed by Global TV at Jericho Beach on The Paddle for Wild Salmon" (You Tube, 26th October): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR9M2mn_0Ks
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"Solving the mystery of B.C.'s salmon" (National Post, 26th October): http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Solving+mystery+salmon/3724470/story.html "Public relations moves mark start of sockeye salmon inquiry" (The Vancouver Sun, 26th October): http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Public+relations+moves+mark+start+sockeye+salmon+inquiry/3724474/story.html
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"Canoe flotilla makes Pitt stop" (Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Times, 26th October): http://www.mrtimes.com/Canoe+flotilla+makes+Pitt+stop/3727599/story.html
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"Salmon paddlers pull in" (Abbotsford Times, 26th October): http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/Salmon+paddlers+pull/3727673/story.html
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"Crucial salmon probe eyeing more time" (The Province, 26th October): http://www.theprovince.com/Crucial+salmon+probe+eyeing+more+time/3725979/story.html
BBC Newsnight, 26th October 2010
Fish Farms: Biologist and environmental activist Alexandra Morton explains why she believes salmon farms on a migration route have a negative effect on wild salmon. Her research is disputed by the fish farm industry
Watch online via: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11619320
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"Fish Farms: Biologist and environmental activist Alexandra Morton explains why she believes salmon farms on a migration route have a negative effect on wild salmon. Her research is disputed by the fish farm industry" (BBC Newsnight, 26th October): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11619320
Abbotsford Times:
"We're talking about our future for our children. We are with the ancestors and they are with us. These are exciting, powerful moments," said Lorna Prette, an elder from Seabird Island in Chilliwack and one of the drummers who welcomed the paddlers.
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Watch the Mayor Vancouver, Gregor Robertson, being interviewed on Global TV before he jumped into a dug out skippered by Darren Blaney of Homalco First Nation and pulled together with the Wild Salmon People: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ygwn-C63AE
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BBC Newsnight, 26th October 2010
Fish Farms: Biologist and environmental activist Alexandra Morton explains why she believes salmon farms on a migration route have a negative effect on wild salmon. Her research is disputed by the fish farm industry
Watch online via: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11619320
"Paddle for Wild Salmon" (Global TV, 24th October):
http://www.globaltvbc.com/video/index.html?releasePID=oVvuAZziyZ21F0xBhPaPBi_6KE_ZFVqi
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"Wild Salmon People - A People's movement to change the course of BC politics" (Alexandra Morton, 4th October): www.wildsalmonpeople.ca
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"Mission for Wild Salmon - Alexandra Morton tours the Fraser River basin" (Salmon Are Sacred, 28th September): www.salmonaresacred.org
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"Announcement to be made at Festival - Alexandra Morton, Chief Marilyn Baptiste & Rex Weyler will join together on stage to share an important message and make an announcement" (Mission Film Festival, 25th September): www.missionfilmfestival.ca
"Local company studies fishery: Results of research done by a Nanaimo company are adding fuel to the fire in the debate over whether fish farms are somehow connected to declining West Coast salmon stocks" (Harbour City Star, 24th September):
For more see here
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Get your tickets now for "In Praise of Wild Salmon" - the opening night of the Mission Film Festival (Friday 1st October) featuring special guest appearances by Alexandra Morton, Damien Gillis, Kerry Coast and Tyee Bridge. Details via: http://missionfilmfestival.ca/?page_id=31
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To join Alexandra Morton, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Chief Bob Chamberlin, Grand Chief Saul Terry, Fin Donnelly MP, John Cummins MP etc on the 'Paddle for Wild Salmon' down the Fraser River in October please visit: http://www.salmonaresacred.org/paddle-wild-salmon
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Wonderful interview between Long Beach Radio and Don Staniford regarding the Paddle for Wild Salmon Down the Fraser and the rally on the 25th
http://www.youtube.com/user/LongBeachRadioCanada#p/u/8/MUEVHwbE4Vw
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"Alexandra Morton, Chief Marilyn Baptiste, Damien Gillis, Don Staniford and many others to speak in Mission at World Community Film Festival" (Mission Film Festival, 15th September): http://missionfilmfestival.ca/?page_id=31
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To join Alexandra Morton, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Chief Bob Chamberlin, Grand Chief Saul Terry, Fin Donnelly MP, John Cummins MP etc on the 'Paddle for Wild Salmon' down the Fraser River in October please visit: http://www.salmonaresacred.org/paddle-wild-salmon