Comments to DFO on 2020/21 Pacific herring IFMP

Pacific Marine Conservation Caucus logo floats beside a killer whale.

The MCC recommends an intentional transition of Pacific herring management toward an ecosystem-based fishery through lowering the harvest rate and implementing control points to maintain the biomass at a higher level (Healthy Zone). This approach will reduce risk to herring and reliant predators, acknowledge uncertainties in the population structure, and allow fishing opportunities when higher than average abundance permits.

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