The Broughtons, Salmon, Whales and a C-Dory

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Larry H

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C-Brats,

KCTS is broadcasting a 47 min program about Alexandra Morton's life. She is a whale researcher, salmon biologist and C-Dory owner.

This is a great program and has good videos of Orcas, and the Broughton islands, and Alexandra uses a C-Dory to get around in. Billy Proctor is also in this video. He is a life long resident of the Echo Bay community and has been commercial fishing since he was 7 yrs old. He now has a museum at his place in Echo Bay.

This one is worth setting your VCR to catch the 3am showing.

Here is more info:

#206 Alexandra's Echo /Halibut Heads
Alexandra's Echo (Helen Slinger, 47 minutes)
North Vancouver filmmaker Helen Slinger tells the story of Alexandra Morton, who came to the Broughton Archipelago on British Columbia's wild west coast for the love of an animal and stayed for the love of a man. When he died tragically, Morton remained because she'd fallen in love again, with the place. But her world is now threatened by industrial aquaculture, and Alexandra finds herself at the center of a storm raging around fish farms.
Halibut Heads (John Helde, 6 minutes) It's early spring at Seattle's Fishermen's Terminal, and Jan Standaert and his fellow 'Halibut Heads' prepare to sail their beloved 1920s schooners north to the Aleutian chain, carrying on a century-old tradition of 'long-lining.' In a time when many fisheries-notably salmon-are struggling under depleted runs, why are the Halibut Heads so happy? Seattle filmmaker John Helde produced Halibut Heads in 2003 as an entry in the Seattle International Film Festival Fly Filmmaking Challenge.


Monday, April 2, 2007
3:00 AM (KCTS)

Monday, April 2, 2007
3:00 AM (dt)

Monday, April 2, 2007
3:00 AM (kyve)
 
Larry, this was a fascinating show. No matter your political bent you have to admire this women. We plan on spending a couple weeks in the Broughtons this summer. I now have a new perspective when we cruise the area.
If anyone has a chance to see this show, do. I have not had farm raised salmon and I never will. After seeing this show I don't see how anyone else could. The CDory she has played a passive role but it was pretty cool to see her use the boat the way she did, great show.
 
Fred,

When you get to Echo Bay, be sure to look up Billy Proctor and visit his museum. He is a great guy and knows 'everything' about the area. Alexandra is not very social, we met her briefly at the Park dock at Echo bay, but there was almost no interaction. Billy drug her float house up the mountain so it now sits on a clearing up the hill.

The fish farms are killing the wild salmon. The wild salmon don't stay in the same area in huge concentrations (they migrate out to sea and return) so the wilds don't pass on the sea lice and other diseases to the smolts.

The salmon farms are owned by outsiders and only hire a few locals to work the automatic feeders. The salmon farmers are just using and polluting the waters of the Broughtons for profit. We have visited a large fish farm and seen the operation first hand.

Billy has written a historical guide book for the Broughtons, called 'Full Moon, High Tide'. It really gives the feeling of living there in the old days of hand loggers, and salmon trollers.

Do you have a schedule for your trip? We hope to spend some time in the Broughtons this summer too.
 
i'm happy to see this one back on the radar so to speak ....this is one that i would like to see Greenpeace or one of them step it up make it more international ... but it just don't seem to catch on ... a year back the university of Calgary did a research the kill rate of passing smelt was 95% ... Alexandra Morton has been at it for years and no one is listening ... for some reason the salmon farms seem to have muzzled the media and government .... wc
 
wc,

And the reason would be? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Please, everyone, for your own good health and for the good health of the wild salmon,

DON'T EAT FARM RAISED SALMON!!

Larry H
 
Larry H":sqdphnmh said:
Billy has written a historical guide book for the Broughtons, called 'Full Moon, High Tide'. It really gives the feeling of living there in the old days of hand loggers, and salmon trollers.
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That's "Full Moon, Flood Tide". :) I just ordered a copy from Amazon.

Warren
 
Warren,

:embarrased Thanks, that's what I get for working from memory.

The complete title is

'Full Moon, Flood Tide', Bill Proctors Raincoast, by Bill Proctor and Yvonne Maximchuk
published by Harbour Publishing Co, Ltd
P O Box 219 Madeira Park, BC V0N 2H0 http://www.harbourpublishing.com

From the Postscript:

Mother Earth
"A lot of people think they own the things on this planet but they are wrong. We are just here for a visit and then we are gone, so we don't own the earth or any creature on it, we just use a few things as we pass by.

The earth is a beautiful place and so are all the things that live on it. But we must remember that we are just visiting. And we should always take care not to wear out our welcome.

We also have to remember that everything has its place and everything is here for a reason and a purpose. Who are we to say that this or that has to go? Everything was here when we came here and I hope, everything will be here after we are gone."
Bill Proctor
 
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