B.C. Government and 18 First Nations Agree on Coastal Protection and Management
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Times Colonist] By Lindsay Kines - April 28, 2015
The provincial government and 18 First Nations have agreed to plans for protecting and managing more than 100,000 square kilometres of B.C.'s coast, from northern Vancouver Island to Alaska.
The deal covers issues that fall under provincial jurisdiction, but ignores key federal responsibilities such as fisheries and marine transportation, including tanker traffic.
"We saw this as an incremental step - an important step," said Steve Thomson, B.C.'s minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. "We'll look at this as the foundation to build further."
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