On January 4th, Kurt Beardslee invites you to join the Our Sound, Our Salmon campaign on Orcas Island for a lively discussion on the future of Atlantic salmon net pens in Puget Sound.
Kurt Beardslee is a co-founder of the Wild Fish Conservancy and has been its Executive Director since 1991. Under his leadership, WFC has grown from a one-man shop into one of the premier fish advocacy and research organizations in the Pacific Northwest.
Kurt will present on the regulatory history of the net pen industry, the impacts of the Cypress Island net pen disaster, and ways in which the public can get involved as Washington State legislators consider phasing out Atlantic salmon aquaculture.
A Q and A discussion will follow.
The event will be from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Emmanuel Parish Hall, 242 Main St, Eastsound, WA 98245 and is generously sponsored by: Orcas Food Cooperative, Orcas Women’s Coalition, San Juan County Democrats and Our Revolution San Juan County
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