Conservancy Hornby Island Comments on DFO 2018/2019 Pacific Herring Management Plan

environment · December 2018 · Georgia Strait

Conservancy Hornby Island submitted detailed comments criticizing the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' 2018/2019 Pacific Herring Integrated Fisheries Management Plan, highlighting concerns about inadequate biological information, declining herring size, and the ecological importance of herring.

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• “CONSERVANCY HORNBY ISLAND (CHI) COMMENTS ON: DFO DRAFT 2018/2019 PACIFIC HERRING INTEGRATED FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PLAN (IFMP) DECEMBER 29, 2018... We urge DFO to place a moratorium on or seriously reduce the commercial herring fisheries in the SOG for the 2019 fishery.” — The Islands Grapevine – January 3rd, 2019 (January 3rd, 2019)

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