DFO

Features, News-
BC Sport Fishing Alert: Proposed DFO Policy Changes Could End Priority Access
Joel Unickow-January 8, 2026-
Features, News-
Recreational Fishing Generates $1.276 billion in Revenues: A Breakdown of BC’s Coastal Economy
Island Fisherman-December 5, 2025-
Features, News-
Whale Prey: A Further and Massive BC Sport Fishing Closure?
Joel Unickow-October 22, 2025-
Articles, Features, News-
Chinook MSF—What Does The Reference Data Say?
Jeremy Maynard-September 19, 2025-
Features, News-
Coastal BC Fisheries Management Survey Results
Joel Unickow-May 7, 2025-
Features-
What is an Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP)?
Tom Davis-February 20, 2024-
Features-
What is The Sport Fishing Institute of British Columbia?
Steve Vavrik-February 11, 2024-
Opinion-
Opinion: DFO Staff Developing the SRKW Strategy Spend Little Time on the Water
Joel Unickow-January 22, 2024-
Opinion, Sooke-
Opinion: Demand DFO Discloses Their SRKW Data That Supports Closures
Island Fisherman-January 19, 2024-
News-
Funds Raised for DFO Legal Challenge
Tom Davis-July 20, 2023-
News-
DFO Announces Confusing Additional Restrictions for 2023 to Protect Southern Resident Killer Whales
Tom Davis-April 26, 2023-
Features, Guest Posts, Opinion-
Opinion: The Public Fishery Alliance Position on the BC Public Salmon Fishery’s Future
Public Fishery Alliance-April 25, 2023-

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