Call for Moratorium on Georgia Strait Herring Fishery

environment · early March 2021 · Georgia Strait

Local groups including ADIMS, Conservancy Hornby Island, Pacific Wild, and the WSANEC Tribal Leadership Council are calling for a moratorium on the commercial herring fishery in Georgia Strait due to declining herring stocks and ecological concerns. They urge Fisheries and Oceans Canada to halt the fishery and fairly compensate fishers.

Sources

• “ADIMS and other groups including Conservancy Hornby Island and Pacific Wild have joined the WSANEC Tribal Leadership Council in calling for a Moratorium on the Georgia Strait herring fishery.” — The Islands Grapevine – February 4th, 2021 (February 4th, 2021)

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