Skeena Nations Oppose DFO’s Recreational Fishing Actions, Fear Salmon Crisis
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - June 13, 2018
The Skeena Watershed First Nations are speaking out after the DFO and Province of British Columbia’s decision to allow recreational and sport fisheries to harvest salmon.
“We oppose the actions of the DFO allowing the recreational fishery to harvest Chinook salmon in this crisis, and BC issuing guide outfitter permits and individual licenses to allow the recreational steelhead catch and release fishery to remain open,” Bruce Watkinson, Co-Chair of the Skeena Nations Fish Secretariat, said in a statement ...
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