Wild Salmon Circle Presents: New Film on Global Salmon Farming Industry + Panel Talk + Citizen Action
Date: Thursday, November 12 Time: 7-9 PM Location: SFU Segal Centre - Room 1500-500 Granville St. (Downtown Vancouver - Granville & Pender) Cost: $10 for Public / $5 for Students & Seniors
Join the Wild Salmon Circle on Nov. 12 from 7-9 PM at Vancouver's SFU Segal Centre for the premiere of a new short documentary by filmmaker Damien Gillis, which shows how the British Columbia experience of salmon farming fits into a global pattern of catastrophe wrought by a predominantly Norwegian-owned industry.
Watch the 3 min intro to the film:
"Farmed Salmon Exposed" is a 20-minute film showcasing footage and images from Norway, Scotland, Ireland, Chile, and Canada. The documentary lifts the lid on facts that government and industry hoped Canadians would never learn about:
That 90% of BC salmon farms are owned by 3 Norwegian corporations, with profits leaving our province
That the industry has unleashed a deadly virus (ISA) that has decimated the industry in Chile, is currently hitting Scotland, and looms as a threat to wild salmon in Canada
That there are possible links between the Fraser River sockeye collapse and open-net salmon farms on BC's coast
That wild forage-fish stocks worldwide are being ravaged to make pelletized feed for farmed salmon
Featuring interviews with scientists, conservationists, indigenous and labour leaders from around the world, "Farmed Salmon Exposed" reveals the underbelly of industry now known as the "asbestos of the oceans" -- a corporate agribusiness that externalizes its waste and problems onto the ecosystems and coastal residents in the countries where it operates, while exporting profits into the pockets of foreign shareholders.
The short film will be followed by a panel discussion and audience Q & A - featuring longtime salmon farming critic and former BC Environment Minister Rafe Mair, Hereditary Chief Robert Joseph of the Broughton Archipelago Territory, Chilean-Canadian biologist Pablo Trujillo from UBC's Fisheries Centre, and filmmaker Gillis. The event will conclude with a short-letter writing party for give those who are interested a chance to take direct action for wild salmon in BC.
