The month-long 'March for Wild Salmon' is making waves all over the world. Wild Salmon First! led the way in Norway (1 March) delivering the 'United Declaration for Wild Salmon' and letters to the King of Norway, Norwegian Parliament, Cermaq and the Canadian Embassy in Norway.
At the Norwegian Parliament, the declaration was accepted by the Socialist Left party.
Norwegian MP Peter Gitmark from the Conservative (Hoyre) party also pledged to put wild salmon first in an interview with Norwegian TV!
Shamefully, the Norwegian Government's Ministry of Trade & Industry refused to accept the letter which was signed by First Nations leaders in British Columbia, Fin Donnelly MP in Canada as well as people in Scotland, Ireland and Norway.
The salmon sisters looked on defiantly.
Even Cermaq (the world's second largest salmon farming company – owned by the Norwegian Government's Ministry of Trade & Industry) accepted the declaration.
Norwegian TV was even on hand to record the moment Elena Edwards of Wild Salmon First! presented it to Cermaq's PR flak Lise Bergan.
TV2 also featured footage from the protest march in Vancouver – with Eddie Gardner and Chief Bob Chamberlin standing in solidarity for salmon:
Watch TV2's report online here!
Norway's state broadcaster NRK also reported via the headline "Letter of Concern Delivered to the Royal Palace".
In Ireland, RTE reported (2 March) on "strong opposition" from 2,000 people on a protest march in Galway against the proposed 15,000 tonne super-size salmon farm off the Aran Islands.
The Irish Times reported (2 March):
Another article in The Irish Times (4 March) reported:
If the Irish Government gives the green light to salmon farming expansion there will be mass protests across Ireland!
Protestors packed the streets of Galway tighter than a disease-ridden salmon farm!
People came from all over Ireland – with Save Bantry Bay marching in salmon solidarity.
The Irish Government would be deaf not to hear the resounding "NO!" from the army of wild salmon warriors.
The take home message to BIM – the Irish Government agency promoting the salmon farm in Galway Bay – and to the Irish Fisheries Minister Simon Coveney was very clear and simple enough even for politicians to understand: "No Salmon Farms At Sea"!
The toxic effects of lice-infested salmon farms are the same the world over – and the message of defiance against the expansion of salmon farming is the same in any language!
No means no!
In British Columbia, the Canadian Press reported (1 March) on the "colourful and noisy" protest march in Vancouver.
In the driving rain, over a hundred protestors took the streets for wild salmon.
Back in Norway, the message of solidarity for salmon was heard outside the Norwegian Parliament.
The resounding message from around the world is loud and clear – Norwegian fish farms GET OUT!
Read more background via "Something is Rotten in the State of Norway" and "Solidarity for Salmon: United Against Filthy Fish Farms!"
And the campaign goes on and on. The Connacht Tribune reported today (5 March):
The article continued:
"It ain't over til it's over!" said Elena Edwards of Wild Salmon First! "It’s only just begun! As the month to “March for Wild Salmon” continues the need for people to continue to unite and speak up for wild salmon remains as strong as ever."
For more details on other events during 'March for Wild Salmon' including a protest in Bergen, Norway, on Wednesday (6 March) please visit Wild Salmon First
