Herringfest 2022 Highlights Ecological and Cultural Importance of Herring

environment · March 2022 · Salish Sea region including Denman and Hornby Islands

The sixth annual Herringfest festival, started in 2017, continues to raise awareness about the preservation of the last major herring run on the Pacific Coast. The festival emphasizes the ecological significance of herring, indigenous stewardship, and ongoing challenges including reduced allowable catch and habitat impacts from shellfish industry expansion.

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• “Herringfest 2022: Hope Amid the Questions ... The festival started in 2017 as a campaign for the preservation of the last major herring run on the Pacific Coast ... Grant Scott, Chair of CHI, says the news is good, as far as it goes. The allowable catch has been halved to ten from twenty percent by the new Fisheries Minister ... A recent DFO ecological assessment ... looked at impacts of shellfish leases ... proposed expansion of cultivated geoducks near Denman Island ...” — The Islands Grapevine – March 10th, 2022 (March 10th, 2022)

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