The New Privateer Film Fest
Free public event; no registration required. Contact healthybaysnetwork@gmail.com with questions.
Description
6:30 - 9:15 pm Atlantic Time on June 26, 2025, at the Astor Theatre in Liverpool
Here is a link to the Facebook event.
Join us for three films exploring the open-net pen finfish aquaculture industry at home and abroad, and how individual actions can create a ripple effect of lasting change in the fight to protect wild Atlantic Salmon. The films remind us that open-net pens are a critical local issue, that many of us rely on a healthy ocean for our livelihoods, and that there is hope in the service of stewardship and advocacy.​
This timely film fest will provide a balanced overview of finfish aquaculture in the Maritimes, draw comparisons between how spatial zoning is being used abroad and at home to facilitate industrial exploitation of the coastal commons on which rural communities rely, and end on a note of hope and action.
Protect Liverpool Bay will provide an update on open-net pen expansion planned for Liverpool Bay, and Healthy Bays Network will discuss the province's pending Coastal Classification System.​
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Doors open at 6:00 pm. Each film has an approximate run-time of 40 minutes. The event will include a brief Q&A at the end, as well as an intermission for networking with speakers and fellow attendees. Please join us in making the connections we need to work together toward a healthier future.
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This film fest is open to the public, free of charge.
Films
The Salmon that Divides the Maritimes, Radio-Canada, 2025
Offering perspectives from industry operators and regulators, wild-caught fishers, investigative journalists, conservationists, land-based producers, and impacted locals, this 40-minute documentary provides a balanced overview of open-net pen aquaculture in the Maritimes.
Open-net pen expansion planned for Liverpool Bay is discussed.
The Sanctuary of Poseidon, LowCo Au, 2024
The Greek islands of Sphaeria and Kalaureia, together known as Poros, are home to 3,000 residents who depend on a healthy marine environment for tourism and wild fisheries. Yet the Greek government has designated Poros as an “organized aquaculture area,” inviting industrial expansion at severe cultural and environmental cost, in a story very similar to Nova Scotia's pending Coastal Classification System. Run time roughly 40 minutes.
Scale of Change, Hooké and the Atlantic Salmon Federation, 2025
“This collaboration represents an opportunity to unlock the power of stewardship for the natural environment—one community at a time, one effort at a time, one person at a time. This fight for wild salmon is a metaphor for our collective march toward a healthier future.“
Scale of Change will close the evening on a note of hope and service, and Protect Liverpool Bay will tell you more about how you can get involved in local stewardship and advocacy. Run time roughly 40 minutes.
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