Heiltsuk Take Over DFO Office to Stop Herring Fishery
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Vancouver Observer] Mychaylo Prystupa - March 30, 2015
Heiltsuk tears and anger were cast at Department of Fisheries and Oceans officers standing on the front steps of the federal office on Denny Island Sunday afternoon, as band Elders, leaders, women and youth pleaded for the controversial herring fishery not to resume on the central B.C. coast.
Within hours, more than a dozen band members also occupied the DFO office, promising to remain there until the herring fishery is closed. By Sunday night, elected chief councillor Marilyn Flett also locked herself inside the DFO office.
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