Draft Northern and Southern IFMPs
DFO has released draft Northern and Southern Integrated Fishing and Management Plans for Salmon. Comments are due by April 15th.
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Federal government measures failed to protect endangered Chinook salmon in 2019
Many more endangered Fraser River Chinook salmon
were killed in fisheries last year than promised by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.