Northern and Southern IFMPs for Salmon Released
The draft Northern and Southern Integrated Fisheries Management Plans for Salmon in BC have been released. Comments are due by April 8.
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Fisheries Department announces conservation measures to protect chinook in B.C.
Full story in the Times Colonist via The Canadian Press April 16, 2019 VANCOUVER — The federal government has announced commercial and recreational fishing restrictions in British Columbia as a way to conserve chinook salmon returning to the Fraser River this season. The Fisheries Department’s regional director general Rebecca Reid says urgent protection measures include…
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Deadline for applications for standing for the Cohen Commission has been extended February 23, 2010 09:24:39 Posted By Trish Hall Owing to a late placement of the notification ad, the closing date for applications for standing for the Cohen Commission has been changed to 4:00pm, March 10, 2010. The date for hearings has also been…
MCC feedback on the 2025/26 Herring IFMP
The MCC has repeatedly expressed concern regarding changes to the distribution of herring spawn in the Strait of Georgia (SoG), and the lack of consideration for this issue in the current assessment and management approach. We understand that this concern is shared by many stakeholders and First Nations in the SoG. For this reason, the…
MCC response to the 2023/2024 Herring Fishery
On November 13, 2023, the Pacific Marine Conservation Caucus (MCC) submitted the following letter in response to the draft 2022/2023 Pacific herring Food & Bait and Special Use (FB/SU) commercial fishery plans. In this submission, we reiterate our concern regarding the ongoing loss of herring spawning in the southern Strait of Georgia, with a specific…
MCC submission on proposed Mark Selective Chinook Fisheries in 2023
The MCC has submitted its feedback to DFO on the mark selective Chinook fisheries proposed to start in the spring of 2023. Mark Selective Fisheries target “marked” hatchery Chinook that are missing their adipose fin. Many of these fisheries would increase the sport fishery effort at a time when endangered Fraser stream-type Chinook are migrating…
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Modernizing Canada’s Fisheries: Input From Canadians February 29, 2012 03:19:54 Posted By Trish Hall The federal government is modernizing Canada’s commercial fisheries. Today, Minister Keith Ashfield announced he will extend the period of online consultation on modernizing Canada’s fisheries until March 14, 2012. The period of consultation will be extended to encourage further collaboration and…