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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DFO Seeking Input in Consideration of Listing the Darkblotched Rockfish as “Special Concern” under SARA October 12, 2011 01:38:44 Posted By Trish Hall Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is seeking input in consideration of listing the Darkblotched Rockfish as “Special Concern” under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). Darkblotched Rockfish (Sebastes crameri) has been recently…
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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 submits comments to DFO on the Salmon Allocation Policy
The Pacific Marine Conservation Caucus (MCC) views the Salmon Allocation Policy (SAP) as a central instrument for conserving and recovering wild Pacific salmon, not merely a framework for allocating harvest among user groups. We believe salmon must be managed in the broad public interest, while equally upholding Indigenous rights. OverviewThe current SAP (1999) predates the…
MCC feedback on the 2025/26 salmon IFMP
In April 2025, the MCC salmon committee submitted its feed back to DFO on recovery and management issues for the 2025-2025 fishing season. We address species and population concerns for all five commercially managed salmon species, as well as steelhead. We also identify concerns for environmental conditions and drought management, SEP production plans, catch monitoring, Alaskan…
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…
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Environmentalists and bottom trawl industry develop innovative measures to improve fishery March 28, 2012 10:44:12 Posted By Trish Hall In the press release Long-time adversaries find common ground to protect and reduce impacts on corals, sponges and deep-sea habitats, it was announced “For decades, British Columbia environmentalists have clashed with the groundfish bottom trawl fishing…