Concerns Raised Over Pacific Herring Fishery Management

environment · Pacific Coast, Denman Island area

Local observers and community members express concern about overfishing and mismanagement of Pacific herring stocks, citing impacts on Indigenous rights, marine species, and ecosystem health. Calls are made for Fisheries and Oceans Canada to protect herring and consider moratoriums as seen in other regions worldwide.

Sources

• “Many people feel that maintaining the 20% harvest rate is a crime against this resource and are seeking a moratorium...The DFO must look back at these world-wide closures and look forward and protect the Pacific coast herring.” — The Islands Grapevine – February 25th, 2021 (February 25th, 2021)

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