[BNS_members] Concern - Fish Farms

Wed Feb 5 13:04:55 CST 2020

Hi All:

A Positive Note:

Open pen fish farming is detrimental in many ways: read all information below. And there is a great alternative that is expanding globally: read all about it. Check out Sustainable Blue Fish Farming, an on land operation in Cerntre Burlington, NS, (near Windsor) that grows salmon. Google sustainableblue.com for full details of this great alternative to open pen arrangements in our backyard and a system that is growing exponentially around the globe. The key word in all of this is “sustainable” in respect to an element that will help to put some security in our future food supply. Sustainable Blue salmon is available at Stirling’s and the Wolfville Farmers market.

Best, Ed.  

From: Members <members-bounces at blomidonnaturalists.ca> On Behalf Of Soren Bondrup-Nielsen
Sent: February 5, 2020 10:00 AM
To: members at blomidonnaturalists.ca
Subject: [BNS_members] Concern - Fish Farms

Hello everyone,

This came to me via Heather McNally.

The Backstory — Twin Bays Coalition

Good Afternoon Folks,

I have blind copied you as I am not sure of your feelings on this topic however I feel I need to do my part to share information on the possibility of Fish Farms being put in our beautiful St. Margarets Bay and Mahone Bay.

I have attached a website, which also has a petition on it, for some of you I already sent emails asking you sign the petition, for others, I would ask you read and learn about the potential of fish farms in our bays.  

Each fish farm is the size of three football fields and all the fish will be leaving excrement plus massive doses of antibiotics and chemicals into our current pristine Bays. Many of us spend our summers swimming, sailing or just enjoying the beautiful vistas. 

We need to let Cermaq know they are not welcome. There are other sustainable ways to have land based fish farms and these do not pollute our Ocean Playgrounds.

Please take the time to read the information and sign the petition and the web site for Twinbays.  We need to protect ALL of Nova Scotia. Having said that there is also another website  with a petition to protect St. Marys Bay and the Digby area.

https://www.twinbays.ca/about

http://chng.it/NGbx2J2yCz

I will also be sending out a list of the MLA, MP addresses so we can send off emails of concern. These people are our elected representatives and they need to listen to what we have to say. They cannot tow the party line.

My apologies if you have received this information more than once, I guess it is better than not at all.

 If you want me to remove your name , please let me know.

Kind regards,

Sheilagh 

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