DFO Shuts Down a BC Roe Herring Fishery after Failing to Reach Agreement with First Nations
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Postmedia Breaking News] Randy Shore - March 5, 2018
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has agreed to cancel this year's commercial roe herring fishery on B.C.'s central coast, citing the federal government's commitment to reconciliation with First Nations.
The Heiltsuk First Nation and DFO officials were unable to come to a "shared understanding" about the health of the local herring stock.
Herring biomass - a measure of health and abundance - has "flatlined" on the central coast, said Kelly Brown, director of the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department.
Co-management of the fishery must take into ...
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