Event Title
Environmental Issues Facing British Columbia: Fish Farming and Oil Tankers in BC Coastal Waters
Description
Fin Donnelly will discuss his work at the federal level on two major environmental issues facing British Columbia: the impact of sea lice from fish farms on wild salmon and the threat of oil tanker transport off BC’s north coast. Since being elected a year ago, Donnelly, a long time wild salmon advocate, introduced six private Member’s bills, including the Wild Salmon Protection Act (C-518), which upon becoming law would require harmful west coast fish farm operations to move to safe closed containment systems. He also introduced bill C-502, which would ban the transport of oil by supertankers in the Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound and protect BC’s magnificent coastline and coastal waters, fish species, mammals and coastal communities. Fin twice swam the 1,400 km length of the Fraser River to promote sustainable living and stewardship of our rivers.
About the Lecturer: Fin Donnelly, elected Member of Parliament, New Westminster-Coquitlam & Port Moody, NDP Critic for Fisheries and Oceans
Document Type
Event
Start Date
25-1-2011 12:00 PM
End Date
26-1-2011 1:15 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Salmon farming--Environmental aspects--British Columbia; Tankers-Environmental aspects--Dixon Entrance (B.C. and Alaska); Tankers--Environmental aspects--British Columbia--Hecate Strait; Environmental aspects--British Columbia--Queen Charlotte Sound; Wildlife conservation--British Columbia; Branchiura (Crustacea)--Parasites-Control-Environmnetal aspects
Geographic Coverage
British Columbia
Type
Moving image
Keywords
British Columbia, Fish farming, Wild Salmon Protection Act
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Environmental Issues Facing British Columbia: Fish Farming and Oil Tankers in BC Coastal Waters
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Fin Donnelly will discuss his work at the federal level on two major environmental issues facing British Columbia: the impact of sea lice from fish farms on wild salmon and the threat of oil tanker transport off BC’s north coast. Since being elected a year ago, Donnelly, a long time wild salmon advocate, introduced six private Member’s bills, including the Wild Salmon Protection Act (C-518), which upon becoming law would require harmful west coast fish farm operations to move to safe closed containment systems. He also introduced bill C-502, which would ban the transport of oil by supertankers in the Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound and protect BC’s magnificent coastline and coastal waters, fish species, mammals and coastal communities. Fin twice swam the 1,400 km length of the Fraser River to promote sustainable living and stewardship of our rivers.
About the Lecturer: Fin Donnelly, elected Member of Parliament, New Westminster-Coquitlam & Port Moody, NDP Critic for Fisheries and Oceans
