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Summaries of submissions received by the commission are listed below. Click on the name of a submission to read it in its entirety. The number attached to each submission is used for internal tracking purposes and does not reflect the number of submissions received to that point.
The commission accepts submissions in both English and French, and submissions are displayed below in their original language. Submission summaries, however, are available in both English and French.
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Submission ListTo read a submission in full, click a submitter’s name/number. |
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Submitter: Tom Henderson Community: Mill Bay Date Submitted: Jul 30, 2023 Summary: Listen to Alexandra Morton regarding wild salmon. |
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Submitter: Bruce Probert Community: Aldergrove, Date Submitted: Jul 30, 2023 Summary: Past management of the coastal net fleet should be examined. |
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Submitter: Margaret Pearson Community: Sechelt Date Submitted: Jul 28, 2023 Summary: Scientists working for the government should be heard. |
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Submitter: Priscilla Judd Community: Lumby Date Submitted: Jul 28, 2023 Summary: Email correspondence from Dr. Laura Richards in November 2010 discusses Sockeye sampled from Nadina River that tested positive for infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV). |
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Submitter: David Baxter Community: Chase Date Submitted: Jul 28, 2023 Summary: Best of luck to the commission in is efforts to bring the enquiry to its conclusion. |
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Submitter: Peter Hillis Community: Rossland Date Submitted: Jul 27, 2023 Summary: Make information regarding fish farms public and close down open net pen leases. |
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Submitter: Michael Cameron Community: Vancouver Date Submitted: Jul 27, 2023 Summary: Fish farms are having a significant impact on salmon stocks. |
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Submitter: Canadian Federation of University Women Community: Victoria Date Submitted: Jul 25, 2023 Summary: The Canadian Federation of University Women urge the Government of Canada and the Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans to enforce the Fisheries Act to eliminate pollution of fish and their habitat in Canada’s coastal and inland waters. |
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Submitter: Bruce Probert Community: Aldergrove, Date Submitted: Jul 24, 2023 Summary: Highest priority management issues regarding salmon catch allocation. |
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Submitter: Priscilla Judd Community: Lumby Date Submitted: Jul 22, 2023 Summary: Research exists on the state of the ocean that should not be duplicated. If the ocean collapses then the planet will collapse. |
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Submitter: Lynn Perrin BGS MPP Community: Abbotsford Date Submitted: Jul 19, 2023 Summary: The JAMES sewage treatment plant dumps effluent into the Fraser River just west of the Mission Bridge, which may play a role in the reduction of salmon in the Fraser River. |
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Submitter: Neville Gosling Community: Surrey Date Submitted: Jul 19, 2023 Summary: More integrity is needed in government and fish farm operators, and fish farms should be removed from protected waters. |
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Submitter: Paul Craik Community: Vancouver Date Submitted: Jul 17, 2023 Summary: Mounting evidence points to open net fish farms as the cause for the decline of wild salmon. |
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Submitter: Sandy McNamee Community: White Rock Date Submitted: Jul 16, 2023 Summary: Stop net cage salmon farming in the ocean. |
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Submitter: Kira Neumann Community: Black Creek Date Submitted: Jul 14, 2023 Summary: Scientific evidence shows how dangerous open net salmon farming and importing salmon eggs are to the well-being of wild salmon stocks. |
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Submitter: R G Persson Community: Victoria Date Submitted: Jul 14, 2023 Summary: Scientific evidence shows how dangerous open net salmon farming and importing salmon eggs are to the well-being of wild salmon stocks. |
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Submitter: Judith Plant Community: Gabriola Is Date Submitted: Jul 14, 2023 Summary: No fish farms in Clayoquot Sound. |
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Submitter: Bruce Probert Community: Aldergrove, Date Submitted: Jul 14, 2023 Summary: Review the effect of DFO management decisions on the commercial salmon fleet and coastal communities. |
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Submitter: Kenny Yamanaka Community: Richmond Date Submitted: Jul 13, 2023 Summary: Salmon farms benefit only the company owners. |
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Submitter: Heather Stephen Community: Gillies Bay Date Submitted: Jul 13, 2023 Summary: Open pen fish farms are not a good idea. |