LNG and Wild Salmon in Sakhalin, Russia
Russia’s Sakhalin Island once boasted the world’s third-largest pink salmon run. But since Shell built an LNG plant there a decade ago, salmon runs have collapsed.
Join three visiting Russian scientists and a noted conservationist who have extensively studied LNG’s impacts. Their compelling presentation is highly relevant to Petronas’ Pacific Northwest LNG project proposed for Lelu Island near the mouth of the Skeena River.
NORTHERN PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS:
Feb 12 Prince Rupert, Lester Centre 7 – 9 pm
Feb 13 Hazelton, Ksan from 12 noon to 3:00 pm
Feb 15 Smithers, Old Church 7 – 9 pm
Feb 16 Terrace, Elks Hall 7 –9 pm
Viktor Afanasev is a geomorphologist and is head of the Department of State Environment Expert Committee for Protection of Environment and Natural Resources in Sakhalin.
Alexander Vedenev is the Head of the Ocean Noise Laboratory, P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences (SIO RAS), Moscow.
Aleksandr Shubin is a salmon ecologist living in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. He is also a researcher for the Sakhalin Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography Department.
Dmitry Lisitsyn is the Director of Sakhalin Environment Watch and lives in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island.