Pamela Anderson joins Sea Shepherd in anti-fish-farm campaign
Former Baywatch star and Sea Shepherd Society join forces with Canadian conservationist
Pamela Anderson, the British Columbia-born former actress of Baywatch fame, is lending her name to the maritime activist group, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and anti-fish-farm campaigner Alexandra Morton in a new campaign targeting BC fish farms.
Anderson joined Morton, along with David Suzuki and two BC First Nations spokesmen, aboard the Sea Shepherd’s R/V Martin Sheen, where they explained their plans to “audit” fish farms along the BC coast.
Under the aegis Operation Virus Hunter, Morton will travel aboard the Martin Sheen to areas along the coast which hosts Atlantic salmon farms taking samples to look for piscine reovirus. The research is aimed at trying to determine if the virus can spread from fish farms to wild stocks and cause disease.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society – founded by activist Paul Watson – is best known for its aggressive tactics on the high seas when confronting whaling vessels.
“Salmon farms do not belong in the ocean,” Morton said. “This is a dirty industry. I have science, law, public opinion on my side. The salmon farming industry has our government.
“So when Paul Watson surprised me with a post on Facebook saying he was sending this beautiful ship and crew to help me check wild salmon farms, at first I was afraid to say yes. But then I realised this is what has to be done.”