Watch this new short video on the emergency meeting held by Fisheries Minister Gail Shea in Vancouver this past Friday to discuss the Fraser River Sockeye collapse - her first trip to Vancouver since the crisis hit.

Watch the 7 min video here: high resolution medium resolution

The exclusive, invitation-only meeting left out some important voices, including Chief Bob Chamberlin - Chair of the First Nations Leadership Council-mandated Aquaculture Working Group - who was turned away at the door. I spoke with both Chief Chamberlin and Watershed Watch's Dr. Craig Orr - apparently one of the few people in the meeting who raised the issue of salmon farms and their possible connection to the Fraser crisis.  Dr. Orr describes here some of the latest science being done on the subject and reveals what went on inside the meeting.  He also rebuts the erroneous explanations by industry and government as to why salmon farms can't be connected to the sockeye collapse.

Join the Wild Salmon Circle!