DFO’s draft 2021/22 Fishing Plans for salmon released
On March 1, DFO released the draft Integrated Fishing Management Plans for salmon for the north and south coast 2021/22. Deadline for comment on these plans is April 9, 2021
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Environmental Conditions: State of the Salmon for 2021
DFO’s State of the Salmon Program gave a presentation at the Preliminary Salmon Outlook Meeting on Dec. 17, 2020. It details environmental conditions that will inform salmon returns in 2021. In summary, given broadly similar conditions in recent years it is expected that there will be below average survival for many Fraser stocks, coast-wide declines…
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2020 Salmon IFMP feedback package released
On April 24th DFO released a package including the feedback they received on the draft Integrated Fisheries Management Plans for Salmon on the north and south coast. The letters include feedback from First Nations, commercial and sport harvest committees and the MCC. The package can be viewed or downloaded below.
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Proposed Changes for 2020 Chinook Fisheries
On March 2, the DFO sent a letter to stakeholders and First Nations soliciting feedback on proposed management measures for South Coast Chinook. The Department received feedback on the March 2 letter from approximately 15 groups providing recommendations on possible changes to the 2019 Chinook fishery restrictions for the upcoming year, including 9 from First…
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Pacific Salmon: Responses to Changing Climate and Habitats
On August 22nd, the DFO released a new report examining broad scale trends in Pacific salmon. They found that species that spend more time in freshwater (chinook, coho, sockeye) are declining more than those that do not (chum, pink), in general. Read the abstract below, or download the full article. Report Abstract: At DFO’s first…
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Draft Pacific Albacore Tuna IFMP Released
The Dept. Fisheries and Oceans has released its draft Pacific Albacore Tuna Integrated Fishing Management Plan. Comments are requested by February 15th. DRAFT_AlbacoreTuna_IFMP_2019-2020
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Salmon Outlook for 2019
DFO has released its Preliminary 2019 Salmon Outlook. The Outlook provides information on the forecasted stock status for 2019 across BC’s coast and for all species of Pacific Salmon (pink, chum, sockeye, coho and Chinook). The outlook is considered preliminary and there is considerable uncertainty in environmental conditions and returns per spawner for most populations….