Join our letter writing campaign by July 26, 2024

At Creative Salmon, we pride ourselves on being different. Our story started 34 years ago, and if it is to continue for decades to come, we must ensure all levels of government understand the real ramifications that come with the misguided ‘2029 ban’ decision.

Our letter writing campaign is important work for the future of our company. We encourage you to share our letter. It’s critically important that we all send a message to government by July 26, 2024. Decisions are being made right now about transition plan that will have a tangible impact on our future.

Send Creative Salmon’s Letter

Dear Sir/Madame,

Your decision to ban open-net salmon farming by 2029 directly puts my livelihood at risk because I depend on Creative Salmon in Tofino, B.C.

Once you’ve had a chance to get to know Creative Salmon’s certified organic Chinook salmon farming operation, I ask that you set us aside from the Atlantic salmon farming ban — as you already have done with Sablefish.

Here are 10 things to prove that at Creative Salmon, we do things differently:

1. Creative Salmon is proudly Canada’s first certified organic farm salmon producer.

2. We operate under a protocol agreement with the Tla-o-qi-aht First Nation hereditary chiefs.

3. Creative Salmon is a small, private, Canadian-owned company.

4. We grow a Pacific species in the Pacific Ocean. We grow Chinook and not Atlantic salmon.

5. Creative Salmon employs 60 people full-time year round. 37 per cent of our West Coast Vancouver Island workforce is First Nations.

6. We only operate four small farms; the entirety of the operation is the size of one Atlantic salmon farm.

7. Creative Salmon has been in business for 34 years and has never had to treat our fish for sea lice.

8. Our farms have high survival rates and that is achieved without the use of antibiotics in our market fish as that is not permitted under the Canadian Organic Aquaculture Standard.

9. Creative Salmon maintains low pen densities and stocks each farm with about half the number of fish as in conventional salmon farming.

10. My company cares about its employees and the community where we live and work — Creative Salmon supports wild salmon enhancement, sponsors local sports teams, and provides financial and in-kind donations to local organizations.

Please support Creative Salmon’s request to exempt certified organic Pacific Chinook from the 2029 net-pen ban as you have already done for Sablefish – another species local to the Pacific Ocean as is Pacific Chinook.

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Join our letter writing campaign by July 26, 2024

At Creative Salmon, we pride ourselves on being different. Our story started 34 years ago, and if it is to continue for decades to come, we must ensure all levels of government understand the real ramifications that come with the misguided ‘2029 ban’ decision.

Send Creative Salmon’s Letter

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