2020.
When 3 Coast Salish Indigenous Chiefs invited me to join their small lead boat crew to meet up with other boats from Campbell River, Comox, Lund, Quadra Island & Discovery Islands to block some restocking of open net fish farms & demand that they get out of BC waters.

#VancouverIsland #FishFarmsOut #DirectAction #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #SaveWildSalmon #DemandMPAs #BCpoli #CDNpoli #OceanGuardians #KeystoneSpecies #ecology #CampbellRiver #WildlifeConservation #ProtectEcosystems #environmentalist #AsianMastodon #OceanGuardians #Boating #Protest #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #PNW

Tsahaukuse, George Quocksister Jr. is a #HereditaryChief of the #Laichkwiltach Nation and the son of Elizabeth and George Quocksister. He is a passionate advocate for the protection of #WildSalmon as a crucial part of his culture and the food security of his people, and is working to ban the practice of #SalmonFarming on the west coast. He lives in Campbell River, BC.

This is from our 2020 #DiscoveryIslands flotilla protest & restocking patrol with George & 2 other BC Indigenous Chiefs(Darren Blaney & Bill Wilson) from North Island regions.

The fight to get fish farms out of BC waters started in the late 80s & continues.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/video-appears-to-show-disfigured-farmed-salmon-1.4261637

#VancouverIsland #BCIndigenousChiefs #NativeChiefs #IndigenousLeaders #BCFirstNations #NativeBC #IndigenousBC #NativeLeaders #FishFarmsOut #DirectAction #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #SaveWildSalmon #DemandMPAs #BCpoli #CDNpoli #OceanGuardians #SalmonPeople #KeystoneSpecies #ecology #WildlifeConservation #ProtectEcosystems #environmental

With #Namgis #FirstNation crew at 2022 #WildSalmon #flotilla #protest in #Tofino. This flotilla was led by Namgis Chief, Ernest Alfred - in the middle of photo.

Our boat captain is on far right, Willie Mitchell, Indigenous former #NHL player. I was invited to join Namgis leaders boat for this flotilla.

#VancouverIsland #BCIndigenousChiefs #NativeChiefs #IndigenousLeaders #BCFirstNations #NativeBC #IndigenousBC #NativeLeaders #FishFarmsOut #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #SaveWildSalmon #DemandMPAs #BCpoli #CDNpoli #OceanGuardians #monochrome

#FlashbackFriday
2020.

I was invited to go on a #flotilla #protest led by #IndigenousChiefs & leaders from the North Island in late 2019 - we went in March of 2020. To stop 2 open net fish farms, in the #DiscoveryIslands archipelago, from restocking their pens. These fish farms are remote & they don't want public to access them. No restocking was able to happen on day we went on flotilla protest & patrol.

I've been a part of the battle here to get #FishFarmsOut for over a decade. There's finally some progress but we need to still keep up the pressure on federal & provincial governments.
#SaveWildSalmon because they're a #KeystoneSpecies & if we lose them, it sets off chain reactions in both #ocean & #OldGrowthForest #ecosystems. Wild salmon are extremely important to the Indigenous peoples of BC & the fight to protect them goes back decades.

Always put #WildFirst ✊️

#ProtectTheWild #WildSalmonAlliance #NoLicenseRenewal #FloatingViruses #Frankenfish #Environmentalist #Ecological #Activism #DirectAction #OneEarth #OceanGuardians #SalmonGuardians #SalmonPeople #StandUpForSalmon #BoycottFarmedSalmon #SayNoToFarmedSalmon #CDNpoli #BCpoli #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #BCcoast #CoastalBC #Westcoast #Oceans #DemandMPAs #PNW #Activist #ProtectNature

Past direct action with Sea Shepard Conservation Society ✊️

https://seashepherd.org/

#DirectAction #WildFirst #FishFarmsOut #Activists #POCWomen #DiscoveryIslands #BritishColumbia #StopEcocide #SaveWildSalmon #KeystoneSpecies #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #Activism #Protest #WildSalmonAlliance #PNW #EcoJustice #DFO #BCpoli #BCNDP #CDNpoli #monochrome #CoastalBC #DemandMPAs #environmentalists #Westcoast #PreserveOceans #Oceans #MarineWildlife #SeaShepard #SeaGuardians

#SilentSunday

Please take some time watch my deceased friend, Twyla's #documentary. She worked extremely hard with Alexandra Morton to create this film doc. It's about the plight of #BCWildSalmon & why many of us activists here have been fighting to get all open net fish farms out of BC coastal waters. They should have never been allowed to set up operations in the first place.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fTCQ2IA_Zss

#FishFarmsOut #SaveWildSalmon #WildFirst #WildSalmonAlliance #WatershedWatch #ProtectTheWild #BCpoli #NoLicenseRenewal #BanOpenNetFishFarms #MarineVirusFactories #KeystoneSpecies #BritishColumbia #CDNpoli #DFO #MarineLife #DeadlyFishFarms #Environmentalist #Activism #ProtectOurOceans #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #Fish #biodiversity #ecological #BoycottFarmedSalmon #DontEatFarmedSalmon #KnowWhatYouEat #SalmonConfidential #FilmDoc #BCFilm #CanadianFilm #FilmedInBC #TwylasLegacy

The #Klamath is one of several recent #RemoveTheDams victories, but there is little time to celebrate. All #WildSalmon Rivers are in peril across the World. We must be vigilant and #SaveWildSalmon from all their threats. Be a #SalmonLeader and get off your asses.

https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2024/oct/10/best-walking-boots-hiking-men-tried-tested?CMP=share_btn_url

#WildSalmon cannot continue to exist on '#Hope' alone. They need #SalmonLeaders to get off their asses and to end this #ECOcide. The #Klamath is no exception. There is far too much work yet to do for any celebrations to take place. #IanJames #GinaFerazzi. #SaveWildSalmon. #RemoveTheDams (all of them).
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-10-04/klamath-river-dam-removal-brings-hope-for-threatened-salmon

#Vancouver folks! Please let your family & friends know about Salmon Day in October! Volunteers are still needed too!

#WatershedWatch is co-hosting the second annual #SalmonDay on Saturday, October 5 along with #ResilientWaters, #Kwikwetlem #FirstNation, and #UBC's Zachary Sherker from the #PacificSalmonLab. The event will be held next to the community garden at ƛ̓éxətəm #ColonyFarm Regional Park.

We need #volunteers to help with setup and tear down, manning info booths, supporting exhibitors, and supporting attendees. No prior experience is necessary, we will get you up to speed at the event!

The event runs from 11 am - 3 pm. Snacks and drinks will be provided for volunteers.

#Carpooling from Coquitlam Central Station can be arranged. Pickup from the skytrain will be at 9 am. Email meghan@watershedwatch.ca to coordinate.

Questions? Email meghan@watershedwatch.ca

Note: Volunteer RSVP window closes on Thursday, October 3 but if there is still space and you want to attend, please send Meghan an email!

#YVR #Environmental #ecological #nature #WildSalmonAlliance #WildFirst #BCWatersheds #SaveWildSalmon #ProtectHabitats #ProtectNature #SaveEcosystems #Conservation #WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors #NatureGuardians #NatureStewardship #ProtectRivers #ProtectWatersheds #KeystoneSpecies #ClimateChange #BritishColumbia #WildSalmon #BCSalmon #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VancouverBC #VolunteerVancouver #VolunteersWanted

#BritishColumbia #FirstNations are initiating an #emergency #salmon #TaskForce to investigate the impact on the #sockeye salmon due to last week’s #Chilcotin River #landslide.

“Chilcotin Rivers are kind of our identity,” Nits’ilʔin (Chief) Francis Laceese, Tl’esqox said at a press conference on Tuesday.

“Same with the salmon, you know, that’s basically who we are. That’s our biggest food source.”

#Tŝilhqotin National Government (TNG) is calling on all levels of government, downstream First Nations, the #PacificSalmonCommission, and other nations and states, especially #Alaskan #fisheries, to take all precautionary measures possible to conserve Tŝilhqot’in territory-bound salmon, and to immediately cease from fisheries that may impact these stocks, until the impacts from the landslide and breach are fully understood.

A massive landslide came down last Wednesday, damming the Chilcotin River, which leads into the #FraserRiver

https://globalnews.ca/news/10683723/b-c-landslide-first-nation-emergency-salmon-task-force/

#Indigenous #NativeBC #BCpoli #CDNpoli #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #NaturalDisasters #ThisIsNotFine #WildSalmonAlliance #WildFirst #NatureFirst #SaveWildSalmon #wildlife #environmental #ecological #ecosystems #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #PNW #BCsalmon

#WildSalmon just can’t catch a break anywhere. #SaveWildSalmon. #ParkFire #California. @ianjames Loki

#RemoveTheDams, All of them!
These #ECOKillers are the hallmark of our destructive past. We don't need #HydroPower, now that we have #RenewableEnergy & #BESS as the #newgrid.
Save #WildSalmon and let these rivers run #FastAandFree from #sourcetosea.
#BehavioralChange #Decarbonization #Electrification #SaveWildSalmon.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/us/dams-snake-columbia-river-native-tribes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.000.06jj.CWcs-pLBYN68&smid=url-share

Another BC organization that I've supported & volunteered with:

#WatershedWatchSalmonSociety is a #ScienceBased #charity working to defend and rebuild B.C.’s #WildSalmon.

Watershed Watch Salmon Society was founded two decades ago by a small group of passionate #conservationists. Led by #ecologist Craig Orr, they noticed that while a lot of work relating to #fisheries and #HabitatRestoration was being done on the ground on local #waterways, no one was pulling together the pieces to confront #policy decisions at the federal and provincial levels.

Craig and his associates launched Watershed Watch Salmon Society to fill that gap, offering #ScientificExpertise to policy makers, and highlighting the large scale issues affecting local waterways, from #FishFarms to #ClimateChange.

Watershed Watch Salmon Society involves many people beyond our paid staff and dedicated board members. We have thousands of supporters and a growing crew of #volunteers who are passionate about wild salmon. Whether you read our emails, sign our petitions, donate, get out in your #community to talk about our work or join us in the field, you are an important part of Watershed Watch.

https://watershedwatch.ca/

#VancouverIsland #GetInvolved #Environmental #EcoJustice #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #Canada #Nonprofit #PNW #SaveWildSalmon #WildFirst #ProtectNature

Please join us! Volunteers & donations are always welcomed 🙌

#ClayoquotAction is a Tofino-based #conservation society committed to protecting the #biocultural diversity of #ClayoquotSound. Our goals are accomplished through public education, citizen research and monitoring, and advocacy. Clayoquot Action stands for #democratic rights, #IndigenousRights and the #RightsOfMotherEarth.

The Clayoquot Action vision is simple: to keep Clayoquot Sound clean and green for future generations, to preserve the #biodiversity and integrity of the #ecosystems, and to maintain and develop #community and #cultural richness.

Learn more & sign up:
https://clayoquotaction.org/

#VancouverIsland #GetInvolved #Environmental #EcoJustice #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #Canada #Nonprofit #PNW #SaveWildSalmon #WildFirst #ProtectNature

There are more than 500,000 Dams in the US. Some date back to the 1600's. All block #FishPassage and are #ECOKillers. #RemoveTheDams along the entirety of the #Klamath and there will be that many less. Only 3000 have been removed over the past decade so We have much much more work to do. #SaveWildSalmon and #mankind as well. Remove them all. Be #SalmonLeaders. @ianjames

If you want to #SaveWildSalmon then you must take a multi-pronged approach; 1/ Stop ALL FISHING until stocks recover fully. 2/ #RemoveTheDams and End all #WaterAbstractions. 3/ Prosecute #ECOKillers, Poachers and those who foul Rivers, Streams, Waterways and The Ocean. Be #SalmonLeaders and make the right decisions and stick to them. #WildPacificSalmon
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/28/alaska-salmon-conservation-native-indigenous?CMP=share_btn_url

These are #SalmonGrifters, NOT #SalmonLeaders. Not only have they fished out all the #WildPacificSalmon, but they have blocked & thwarted all measures to protect them and to rebuild their stocks. They do not deserve your sympathy or support.
#SaveWildSalmon - End all Fishing - #RemoveTheDams - End all #WaterAbstractions.

@ianjames

#SalmonLeaders working to #SaveWildSalmon. #Bravo Björk and Rosalía. Campaign against industrial #FishFarms aka #Frankenfish. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/05/bjork-and-rosalia-team-up-to-campaign-against-industrial-fish-farming?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#RemoveTheDams (All of them!). They are #ECOKillers! Let these Rivers run #FreshandFree from Source to Sea. #SaveWildSalmon.

#Hydropower is NOT #carbonfree and the #BaseloadParadigm is dead. It's #RenewableEnergy or nothing!

Be a #SalmonLeader and a #ClimateLeader. Just say NO.

The largest dam removal in history stirs hopes of restoring California tribes’ way of life https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-10-05/klamath-dam-removal-tribes

I think I’m attending my very first rally tomorrow. The #TownshipofLangley is considering rezoning a wetland in order to expand industrial land. The sign went up very recently and it seems like they are trying to get this through before the public has much chance to be informed or protest the loss of wetlands. Not sure if I’ll be able to stay the entire time, as I promised I’d drive to my mom’s tomorrow as well. #BCPoli #MunicipalPolitics #SaveWetlands #SaveWildSalmon