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Vision for the Future Aquaculture Awareness Week 2014 This week, communities throughout Vancouver Island are recognizing Aquaculture Awareness Week to demonstrate the importance aquaculture plays in the economy and to the social well-being in coastal communities.
been dramatic. But more is needed. Today members of the BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) are making a commitment that delivers further action and increased transparency.
View View our our eEditions eEditions online online 1. All fish grown in BC will meet the requirements of external ‘Gold Standard’ environmental programs.
This is an important year for globWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 ■24, Creative Salmon is already producal seafood, as forSEPTEMBER the first time in WEDNESDAY, 2014 ing North America’s only Certified
The salmon aquaculture industry is a significant part of the lifeblood of Campbell River. It is a major economic driver, accounts for more jobs than any other sector, and its contribution to our community is enormous.” Mayor Walter Jakeway, Campbell River.
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history, more farmed seafood will be Organic Chinook salmon, and West consumed than wild seafood. This is Coast Fishculture’s Lois Lake Steelgreat news for the stability of wild head is recognized by the Vancouver stocks, and great news for communiAquarium’s Ocean Wise Program. For ties around the world that have built B.C. farmers of Atlantic salmon, who thriving economies based on raising were the first to collectively achieve aquatic species as nutritious crops for the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best human consumption over the last half Aquaculture Practices (GAA-BAP) century. standard, it means now working to What we are seeing is a “blue achieve the standard set by the Aquarevolution” that is just as culture Stewardship Council (ASC). transformative for feeding the It is the most recently developed and world as the green revolution was most demanding global sustainability 50 years ago. With the world’s certification system. Today less than population set to increase to over five per cent of the world’s salmon nine billion by 2050, including a farms have met this standard. We rapidly expanding middle-class, are committed to working to have all it is estimated that farm-raised B.C. Atlantic salmon farms meet this seafood will account for 75 per standard by 2020. cent of global consumption within ■ British Columbia is already home to the next 15 years. If aquaculture is North America’s first certified organic to continue to support the growing chinook producer in Creative Salmon, demand for protein sources, the industry will need to grow too. Wild fisheries around the planet are already heavily over-fished and exploited, and farmed seafood ONLY 2% is needed to meet the OF OUR FOOD increasing demand. The PRODUCTION COMES challenge for feeding the FROM THE OCEAN… YET IT REPRESENTS world’s growing population has always been how to achieve more intensive OF THE PLANET’S food production without SURFACE. more stress on the environ(FAO) ment. There is no doubt that in the early years, the global aquaculture industry, and our industry here in B.C., did not have the knowledge we do today about the marine environment. Taking our place in the blue revolution requires that we change to meet the highest standards of sustainability. Fortunately, this transformation has begun and the positive changes in the past few years have
and BCSFA member West Coast Fish Culture is recognized by the Vancouver Aquarium’s Oceanwise program. 2. BC Salmon Farmers will further our leadership in the protection of the environment we work in and ensure further research is conducted to know more about wild salmon. We also strive to make sure that data is analyzed in an objective and transparent manner.
■ To date, B.C. salmon farmers have engaged in 17 economic and social partnerships with coastal First Nations, and as our industry looks to sustainably and responsibly grow, we commit to do so with the support and partnership of the First Nations whose traditional territory we seek to operate in. This is exemplified by new site applications that have been developed over the past number of years with both the Ahousat First Nation in Clayoquot Sound, and the Tatlasikwala First Nation on Hope Island.
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Tour de Rock rolling ■ BC The Association endorsed the recommendations in the federal government’s Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, including the call for more research on the marine environment. Following the Commission’s report, BCSFA initiated a workshop series to engage the top minds in B.C. and Canada to help identify and advance priority research projects. The workshops are engaging scientists, fisheries experts, fish health specialists, academics, conservationists and government to discuss risk, review research, and identify knowledge gaps.
4. Members of the BCSFA are committed to proactively sharing useful, timely and accurate information with the public and other stakeholders about the industry, its practices, the latest research and the activities of our Association. ■ This is to include information on the health of our fish and our environmental monitoring. Salmon farmers are developing new proactive communications tools to ensure we are being timely and transparent in our operations.
3. BC Salmon Farmers commit to growing BC’s coastal economy by continuing to develop lasting equitable partnerships with First Nations.
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Tour de Rock riders (pictured here on the Port McNeill to Sayward leg) rolled into town yesterday afternoon after starting off in Port Alice Sunday followed by stops in Port Hardy, Port McNeill and Sayward. The tour continues to the Comox Valley today after a gala event in Campbell River raising money for cancer research. The Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock raises money for pediatric cancer research and programs for children with a history of cancer. The Tour de Rock team cycles from one end of Vancouver Island to the other, over 14 days, covering 1,000 kilometres. See Friday’s paper and www.campbellrivermirror.com for pictures of the Campbell River activities.
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While city council is spending the week in Whistler representing the city at the Union of B.C. Municipali-
ties (UBCM) convention, the mayor is notably absent. Mayor Walter Jakeway told the Mirror two weeks ago that he would not be attending the conference because he believes it’s a waste of
time and taxpayers’ money – something he reiterated to Lower Mainland media last week. Coun. Andy Adams said he couldn’t disagree more and stressed that the convention has always been
“very productive” for Campbell River and will continue to be. “It really helps Campbell River position itself on a provincial basis,” Adams said from Whistler Monday afternoon. “I think there’s incredible
value for those who are here and it’s a detriment to those who aren’t here.” There are 1,531 registered attendees at this year’s UBCM which runs from Sept. 22-26. The convention Continued on Pg. 2
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