TAKE ACTION
Wondering what you can do to help protect Nova Scotia's coastal ecosystems? Here are a few ways to get started.
Join a stewardship group
There are Bay Protectors all across Nova Scotia. Go to our Membership page to find your local stewardship group and start making a difference today.
Volunteer your time
We are always looking for volunteers with skillsets of all kinds. Please get in touch to learn more about volunteer work with the Healthy Bays Network that will best suit you!
Contact your council
Your local government has an important role to play in protecting our bays. The Government of Nova Scotia developed the aquaculture expansion plans in place today under the auspices of employment opportunity in small, coastal communities. Let your council know that open net-pen salmon farms are not welcome in our bays.
YOUR NS MLAs
If you'd like to write your own letter, we've listed the contact information (where available) for provincial candidates in ridings where open net-pens already operate, or have been proposed. Find candidates for your riding below.
ANNAPOLIS
CHESTER-ST. MARGARET'S
DIGBY-ANNAPOLIS
GUYSBOROUGH-TRACADIE
LUNENBURG WEST
RICHMOND
TIMBERLEA-PROSPECT
OTHER RIDINGS
ARGYLE
CLARE
EASTERN SHORE
LUNENBURG
QUEENS
SHELBURNE
YARMOUTH
Quick tips for writing your own letter
The best personal letters are usually short, and have a few common elements, including:
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Contact info: with your contact info attached, your candidates will know who you are and that you are a member of their riding. Their job is to answer to you if elected.
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Personalization: when you speak with your own voice and reference your own experience, your candidates will see that this is a personal issue for you, and that you are not just writing because Aunt Gloria asked you to.
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Brevity: a shorter letter that's straight to-the-point is more likely to be read in its entirety, and more likely to resonate with your candidates. Sometimes it really is as simple as saying, "NO MORE NET-PENS, thank you very much."
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Respect: it is very tempting to cuss loudly about salmon farms. We are right there with you. But it's probably better for everyone if we avoid that in the letter.