2010 Winter Olympics

Pure Salmon Campaign and Canadian Groups Urge Norway to Protect British Columbia’s Wild Salmon, Other Iconic Wildlife

Events:

29 Hour Canadian First Nations "Fast"
Beginning on Feb 15th at 5am PT, and ending at 10 am PT on Feb 16th, Canadian First Nations members will fast for 29 hours representing the 29 fish farm Tenures in the territory of the Musgamagw-Tsawataineuk at the Vancouver office of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.
More information (PDF)
Rally to Save Wild Salmon
On Saturday February 20th at 1PM supporters of wild salmon will rally in Vancouver's Vanier Park. For more details, please visit www.WildSalmonCircle.com.

Read the letter: Musgamagw-Tsawataineuk Letter to the King of Norway (PDF)

Multimedia:

Chief Bob Chamberlin on Sea Lice:

Event Photos:


Delivering letter to Norwegian consulate	Participants in the First Nations fast.

Advertisement:

Dear Norway: Please stop your destruction of BC's wild salmon

In the news:

Høvdinger for lakseoppdrett; Ikke alle høvdingene i British Columbia er i mot norsk lakseoppdrett på sine tradisjonelle områder - NRK - February 24, 2010
NSRs sametingsgruppe kunngjør nye saker under plenum - Norske Samers - Riksforbund - February 23, 2010
New Video Exposes Horrors of Salmon Farming - AlterNet - February 23, 2010
Rally during the Games draws crowd - Wild Salmon Circle - February 21, 2010
No Norwegian jinx - The Province - February 21, 2010
The politics of farmed salmon - The Globe and Mail - February 21, 2010
OL-protest mot Norge - Olympic protest against Norway - NA24 - February 20, 2010
Salmon focus of public forum - Delta Optimist - February 20, 2010
Who'd blame Native Indians for flops? Norwegians would - Reuters - February 20, 2010
B.C. chiefs deny cursing Norwegian Olympic team - CBC - February 19, 2010
Fast for BC’s wild salmon - YouTube - February 19, 2010
Alarm bells and deafness - Courier Islander - February 19, 2010
Wild Pacific salmon or employment? - Courier Islander - February 19, 2010
Salmon inquiry calls for participants - The Tyee - February 19, 2010
Will the salmon Commission hear from the public? - West Coast Environmental Law - February 19, 2010
Wild salmon is our lifeblood - Union of BC Indian Chiefs - February 18, 2010
Environmentalists, First Nations chiefs fast in protest - FIS - February 18, 2010
ESCAPE AND RELEASE? - Courier Islander - February 18, 2010
Fish stocks are suffering - Alberini Valley Times - February 18, 2010
Canada eyes bigger salmon market share - The Globe and Mail - February 17, 2010
Expert sounds alarm on salmon farming- CBC - February 17, 2010
Farmed Salmon: Destructive and Disturbing (Video)- Change.org Sustainable Food blog- February 17, 2010
Tilbakeviser påstander om lakselus (The Norwegian company Marine Harvest salmon refutes allegations of lice in their farms in Canada.)- NRK- February 13, 2010
Canadian fish farming possible sockeye for Norwegian royal Olympic visit- The Foreigner- February 8, 2010-02-18
Do You Eat Salmon? Then This is a Must-See: “Farmed Salmon Exposed”- 1 Planet, 1 Ocean- February 17, 2010
Wild Salmon Advocates Take Letter to Norwegian Consulate- YouTube- February 18, 2010
Canadians Score one for Wild Salmon at Olympic Hockey Game- YouTube- February 18, 2010
Ler av ganne-teori- NRK- February 18, 2010
Oppdrettsnæringen avsløres i ny film (Aquaculture Industry Revealed in new film)- Nordlys puls- February 16, 2010
Ambientalistas y jefes aborígenes ayunan en protesta - FIS - February 18, 2010
Environmentalists at Olympics target Norwegian-owned salmon fisheries - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - February 17, 2010
Fast to protest Norwegian-owned salmon farms ends; Environmentalists, First Nations chiefs aim to bring global attention to B.C. issue - The Globe and Mail - February 17, 2010
Protesters end fast, meet king - Intrafish - February 17, 2010
Salmon Farms: Feedlots of the Sea - The Atlantic - February 17, 2010
Just-Released Documentary: View the Side of Salmon Aquaculture the Industry Does not Want You to See - Politics of the Plate blog - February 17, 2010
Ber Sametinget om hjelp Indianerhøvding vil ha hjelp fra samene for å få bort norske lakseoppdrettsanlegg fra elvemunningene i British Columbia - NRK - February 17, 2010
Call for Norwegian Salmon Farms to Leave Canadian Waters - Celsias - February 17, 2010
Norwegian reports 'huge victory for sea lice’ - The Tyee - February 16, 2010
An Olympic Effort to End Destructive Salmon Farming - Alternet - February 16, 2010
Hunger Strike Turns Olympic Flame on Salmon Farms - Vital Choices Newsletter - February 16, 2010

Farmed Salmon Exposed - The global reach of the Norwegian salmon industry - The North Atlantic Salmon Fund - February 16, 2010

Save Wild Salmon, Move the Farms - Union of BC Indian Chiefs - February 16, 2010

Salmon farm protesters start hunger fast at Olympics (subscription required) - Intrafish - February 15, 2010

BC chiefs protest fish farms with 29-hour fast - The Tyee - February 15, 2010

Norwegian-owned fish farms target of chiefs' hunger strike - Times-Colonist - February 14, 2010

British Columbia Natives Fasting for End to Fish Farms - Pacific Free Press - February 13, 2010

Tilbakeviser påstander om lakselus - NRK - February 13, 2010

Dette skader norsk omdømme - Både SV og Høyre er bekymret for bråket rundt norsk oppdrett i utlandet - Dagbladet - February 10, 2010

Indianerhøvdinger til sultestreik mot norske laksetopper - Protesterer mot norsk oppdrett under OL i Vancouver - Dagbladet - February 10, 2010

Farmed salmon fighters to beseech Norway's king - Intrafish - February 5, 2010

Oppfordrer til boikott av norsk laks under OL - BT - February 3, 2010

Vil boikotte norsk laks under OL - DN - February 3, 2010

Wild salmon advocates to leverage Olympics - Pure Salmon Campaign hopes to hand deliver letter to Norway's King - Pique Newsmagazine - February 3, 2010

Norway's King to focus on Games, not interest groups - The Globe and Mail - February 2, 2010

King Harald should have accepted an invitation to dinner from Indian chieftain Chief Joseph, said the party red - Sami - February 2, 2010