How to be Heard
Public participation in the Federal Environmental Review process for Proposed Site 1251 at Port Mouton Island created the largest file on any aquaculture site in Canada. Every letter counted! Citizen voices helped us to get heard and to successfully prevent a second farm being licensed.
The Bay needs to recover from the impact of 15 years of salmon farm waste. The harbour around Spectacle Island used to be a prime lobster fishing area. Fishermen now call it "the dead zone". Scallop beds, clams and mussels are no longer present.
Friends of Port Mouton Bay's Science Team has partnered with Dalhousie University to monitor a long term recovery of the seabed at Spectacle Island. Cooke Aquaculture, the current owner of the Spectacle Island site (#835), has agreed to fallow the site for a period of three years. Read more about our discussions with Cooke Aquaculture
While we study the site recovery during the fallow period, Friends of Port Mouton Bay remains opposed to open cage fish farming in the Bay. And we continue to publicly advocate against the re-establishment of active fish farming in the Bay.
Write Letters
Express your support! Please write to the following persons -- different letters to each, or the same letter to all. For letters written to Nell Halse, at Cooke Aquaculture, we encourage you to carbon copy (CC) this letter to: Premier Dexter, Minister Belliveau, MLA Vicki Conrad and Friends of PMB
Honourable Darrell DexterPremierOffice of the Premier 7th Floor, One Government Place P.O. Box 726 1700 Granville Street Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T3 (902) 424-6600 phone (902) 424-7648 fax premier@gov.ns.ca |
Honourable Sterling BelliveauMinister of Fisheries and AquacultureMinister of Environment Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture 7th Floor, Bank of Montreal Building P.O. Box 2223 5151 Granville Street Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3C4 (902) 424-8953 phone (902) 428-3145 fax min_dfa@gov.ns.ca |
Honourable Percy ParisMinister of Economic and Rural DevelopmentMinister of Tourism Culture and Heritage Minister of Economic and Rural Development Suite 600, Centennial Bulilding P.O. Box 2311 5151 Terminal Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3C8 (902) 424-5790 phone (902) 424-0514 fax Email: econmin@gov.ns.ca Department of Tourism, Culture, and Heritage 6th Floor, World Trade and Convention Centre 1800 Argyle Street P.O. Box 456 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2R5 (902) 424-4889 phone (902) 424-4872 fax Constituency Office: 273 Windsor Junction Road Windsor Junction, NS B2T 1G7 (902) 860-4004 phone (902) 860-0197 fax Email: percy@percyparis.ca |
Honourable John MacDonellMinister of Natural ResourcesDepartment of Natural Resources 3rd Floor, Founders Square 1701 Hollis Street P.O. Box 698 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9 (902) 424-4037 phone (902) 424-0594 fax Email: Constituency Office: 202 Highway #2 Unit 5, PO Box 330 Enfield, NS B2T 1C8 (902) 883-7308 phone 1-888-827-2212 phone (902) 883-7627 fax |
Gerald Keddy, MPMember of Parliament for South Shore - St. Margaret'sParliamentary AddressHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Telephone: (613) 996-0877 Fax: (613) 996-0878 Keddy.G@parl.gc.ca Constituency AddressAberdeen Commercial Centre129 Aberdeen Rd., Suite 201 Bridgewater, Nova Scotia B4V 2S7 Telephone: (902) 527-5655 Fax: (902) 527-5656 Toll Free: 1-888-816-4446 keddyg@ns.sympatico.ca |
The Honourable Gail SheaMinister, Fisheries and OceansParliament Buildings, Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada, K1A 0A6 Min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca (Please include your postal and e-mail address) |
Jim PrenticeMinister of the EnvironmentLes Terrasses de la Chaudi¿re 10 Wellington St., 28th Floor Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3 Tel.: (819) 997-1441 Fax: (819) 953-3457 Jim.Prentice@ec.gc.ca |
Nell HalseVP CommunicationsCooke Aquaculture Inc 874 Main Street Blacks Harbour New Brunswick Canada E5H 1E6 Email: nhalse@cookeaqua.com |
Vicki Conrad, MLANew Democratic Party Caucus OfficeCentennial Building, Suite 1001 1660 Hollis Street PO Box 1617 Halifax, NS B3J 2Y3 (902) 424-4134 phone (902) 424-0504 fax Constituency Office: 43 Carten Street P.O. Box 430 Liverpool, NS B0T 1K0 (902) 354-5203 phone 1-888-354-5203 phone (902) 354-5247 fax vconrad@ns.aliantzinc.ca |