Claim: Jim Copperman and six others formed the SEAS which opposed development at the mouth of the tributary river in British Columbia Canada that has a sockeye salmon breeding area.
Evidence: In 1989, Cooperman and six others formed the Shuswap Environmental Action Society (SEAS). In the 2000s, SEAS was involved in opposition to commercial and residential development at the mouth of the Adams River, a tributary to Shuswap Lake and one of the largest sockeye salmon spawning grounds in the world.