Morton Fights On as Moment of Truth Approaches at Cohen Commission

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Read this article from the Nanaimo Daily News on biologist Alexandra Morton’s perseverance in the face of exhaustion after 20 years of battling open net cage salmon farms.

“Morton is scheduled to testify Sept. 7-8 in Vancouver at the Cohen
Commission inquiry into the cause of the disastrous decline of the 2009
Fraser River sockeye salmon…She said from her home in B.C.’s Broughton Archipelago Monday that she
will “continue indefinitely” to fight for the cause, despite the lack of
progress in convincing Ottawa and the industry to move away from using
open-net pens to closed containment systems so they have no impact on
wild salmon.” (Aug 16, 2011)

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About Damien Gillis

Damien Gillis is a Vancouver-based documentary filmmaker with a focus on environmental and social justice issues - especially relating to water, energy, and saving Canada's wild salmon - working with many environmental organizations in BC and around the world. He is the co-founder, along with Rafe Mair, of The Common Sense Canadian, and a board member of both the BC Environmental Network and the Haig-Brown Institute.