The Blue Whale Alliance is a coalition of fishing organizations, coastal land owners, First Nations, community and environmental groups calling for a moratorium on exploring and drilling for oil in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Gulf, surrounded by five provinces and Mi'kmaq territory, supports tens of thousands of coastal livelihoods, including fishing and tourism. Called the most productive marine region in Canada, the Gulf is home to over 2000 marine species, including the blue whale, right whale and leatherback turtle - all endangered species.
After witnessing the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, and the complete inability of industry and government to prevent an ecological disaster, we must act now to protect Canada’s Gulf.
For a French language website on the moratorium please visit: http://www.coalitionsaintlaurent.ca
Blue Whale Alliance
Protecting Canada's Gulf from Offshore Drilling
Photo Credit: GREMM
Please join us.
We are:
Albert D Marshall, Chair, Unami'ki Elders Senate, Eskasoni, NS
Association of Inshore Fishermen of the Magdalen Islands, QC (AIFMI)
Andre Stainier, President, Les Amis de la valée du Saint Laurent, QC
Atlantic Salmon Federation, NB
Attention FragÎles, Magdalen Islands, QC
Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB)
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Nova Scotia Chapter (CPAWS- NS)
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Newfoundland Chapter (CPAWS- NL)
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Quebec Chapter (CPAWS- QC)
David Suzuki Foundation, Fondation David Suzuki
Dr. Irene Novaczek, Earth Action, PEI
Dr Peter G. Wells, Chair, Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership (BoFEP)
Ecology Action Centre, Halifax, NS
Environmental Health Association of Nova Scotia (EHANS), NS
Executive of the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
Friends of Covehead and Brackley Bays Watershed Group of PEI
Friends of the Pugwash Estuary, NS
Greenpeace Canada
Gulf Nova Scotia Bonafide Fishermen's Organization, NS
Gulf Nova Scotia Fishermen's Coalition, NS
Gulf NS Herring Federation, NS
Harvey Area Water and Air Quality Committee, NB
Hillsborough River Association, PEI
Ingrid Cottenden, Program Secretary, College of Sustainability, Dalhousie Univ., Hfx, NS
Maliseet Nations Conservation Council, NB
Margaree Environmental Assn, Cape Breton, NS
Maritime Fishermen's Union (MFU),Union des Pecheurs des Maritimes (UPM), NB
Mike McGeoghegan, President, PEI Fishermen's Ass'n (PEIFA), PEI
Northumberland Fishermen's Association, NS
Patty Donovan,Campaign Pesticide Reduction, NB
Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance/Alliance du Bassin Versant Petitcodiac, NB
Pictou County Watershed Coalition, NS
Pisquid River Enhancement Project, PEI
Regroupement des Pecheurs Professionelle des Iles (RPPIM), QC
Regroupent des pecheurs Palangrier Unique des Iles de la Madeleine (RPPUM), QC
Sierra Club, Atlantic Chapters of NS, NB, PEI, and NL
Sierra Club, Montreal Chapter, QC
Strategies Saint-Laurent, umbrella organisation for the ZIP committees of Quebec
Sunrise Trail Community Development Coop, NS
Victoria Reed, College of Sustainability, Dalhousie University, NS
Wheatley River (watershed) Improvement Coalition (WRIG), PEI
Laura Lambie,Young Naturalists Club of Nova Scotia
Individuals:
Allister Marshall, Chappell Island First Nations, NS
Brenda Hancock, Belle River, PEI, C0A 1B0
Charles Gaines, Writer, East Tracadie, NS
David Donnelly, Environmental Lawyer, Toronto, ON
Margaret Purcell, Toronto, ON
Dr. Bradley B. Walters, PhD, Coordinator, Environmental Studies, Mount Allison U., Sackville, NB
Dr. Gail Fraser, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
Helen Verbanz, visual artist, Halifax, NS
Janet Baker, Tatamagouche, NS B0K 1V0
Juan Hidalgo, Toronto, ON M5M 2P3
Lynn Davis, Photographer, Dunvegan, NS
Margo Sheppard, Fredericton NB E3B5A6
Patricia Gaines, Artist, East Tracadie, NS
Peggy Hope–Simpson, Wolfville, NS B0K 1V0
Philip Glass, Composer, Dunvegan, NS
Richard and Margaret James, Halifax, NS B3H
Rudy Wurlitzer, Writer, Dunvegan, NS
Susan Hawkins, Stratford, PEI
Wilhelmina Nolan, Grandmother-Elder, Kent County, New Brunswick E4T 2W3
(l-r) Gretchen Fitzgerald, Sierra Club Atlantic
Jason Priestley, Actor
Mary Gorman, Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition
Website designed and maintained by Margaret Purcell
Photo Credit: Ruby Tree Films
