Today, the DFO held a press briefing to announce what they billed as "Additional Fisheries Management Measures for Fraser River Chinook stocks, following the...
As of today, April 16, 2019 an announcement was made for non-retention of Chinook. While how this decision will affect the BC economy overall, there has been tremendous concern on how a decision like this would affect local economies and businesses that depend on tourism—namely “recreational” sports fishing.
The DFO has asked for letters. If you haven’t written one yet, do you know what yours will, or even should say? The SFI has made these following observations and specific recommendations.
On February 5, the DFO released a letter designed to "communicate the Department’s approach for developing fisheries management actions to address conservation concerns for Fraser River Chinook in 2019."
If you are planning on attending the annual Charity Chum Derby at Brown's Bay, BC, October 12-14th 2018, you are in luck...at least for now. The DFO just announced that recreational fishing stays open, and commercial is being suspended.
Today, Sept 26th, 2018, a public WebEx webinar was held by the DFO to discuss the “DFO Species at Risk Program: Proposed Amended Recovery Strategy for Northern and Southern Resident Killers Whales”. The presentation of the slides...
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