There are several easy ways:

1. Write letters to newspapers.
2. Organize and publicize beach cleanups with schools, scouts, or community organizations.
3. Join local organizations that try to ensure sustainable and equitable uses of resources, land and water.
4. Discuss these issues with friends and local government representatives, bring up violations and problems at municipal, regional, or island trust meetings.
5. Help support the work of the Association for Responsible Shellfish Farming through a monetary contribution. Make checks to: 'Responsible Shellfish Farming Legal Fund' and send to:
   
   10032 Leslie Road
   Powell River, British Columbia
   Canada V8A 0G3
   
6. 2. Send the following email message to:
• Barry Penner, B.C. Minister of the Environment
• Pat Bell, B.C. Minister of agriculture
• The Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture
• Your MLA

Please highlight the whole letter by moving the cursor to the begining of the letter and pressing and holding the left mouse button and then dragging the cursor to the end of the letter. Then, copy (Ctrl-C or copy under edit at the top left of this window) and paste (Ctrl-V or paste under edit at the top left of your email window) into your email, and don't forget to put your name on the bottom where it says: your name here.

Dear Minister/Honorable Member:

      I am deeply concerned that your government is committed to expanding the shellfish industry without due scientific assessments of the likely impacts on local ecology, other economic interests besides shellfish operations, or nearby communities. I am gravely concerned with the extensive pollution, introduction of exotic species, and removal of public shellfish harvesting and boating sites already incurred as the result of the government's promotion of shellfish expansion.
      The lack of any enforceable code of practice, the lack of government monitoring of toxin levels, and the infringements on other citizens' uses of coastal waters is unacceptable. Shellfish tenures should not be located adjacent to residential eco-tourism, or pre-existing local area businesses that rely on coastal resources.
I request that you halt any further expansion or sale of shellfish tenures until:

1. Adequate scientific studies have been conducted on the impacts of large-scale shellfish operations;
2. Adequate siting criteria are established together with an enforceable (and enforced) Code of Practice; and
3. A full monitoring program is established for cadmium and other toxins to ensure the sale of healthy seafood for consumption by B.C. and other citizens.

Respectfully,

your name here