Ms. Morton is a registered Professional Biologist who moved to a remote British Columbia archipelago in 1984 to study whales. Salmon farms appeared in 1987 and she witnessed first hand the negative impacts on her community and the ecosystem. She began publishing the first non-government research on impact of this industry and developed her home into the non-profit Salmon Coast Field Station, inviting other scientists to the area.

As a scientist and resident of a tiny coastal community, she understands the role of salmon as a powerful link between the abundant energy produced by the open ocean and the forests and species of the British Columbia coast, including humans that need this energy. She works to bring the understanding that humans require the essential life services that the natural world provides. She has won many conservation awards, co-published 17 scientific papers on the impact of salmon farms, written several books and appeared in numerous documentaries. She remains an independent scientist.