Legal Challenge Looming as First Nations Fight for BC’s Herring Stocks
First Nations and conservation groups in British Columbia are rallying for an immediate ban to herring fishing, warning the fish is vanishing from the Salish Sea — but the fisheries department insists the numbers tell a different story.
Eric Pelkey, hereditary chief of the Tsawout of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation, said his great-grandfather and family lived close to the fishery each season, catching and smoking herring in their longhouse for food and trade. “It was a real trade item for our people. … We always had the smell of...
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