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Three Canadian environmental groups say Canada is mismanaging the British Columbia chum salmon fishery by requiring massive amounts of discards…
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Commercial fisheries targeting pink salmon on BC’s north coast have discarded over 1.37 million pounds of chum salmon as by-catch. Many of these fish are from depleted stocks…
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Huffington Post By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee As the Canadian federal inquiry examining the 2009 Fraser River sockeye salmon collapse in British Columbia kicks into full gear, one might be surprised to learn that at the same time, the Marine Stewardship Council wants to designate this fishery as “eco-certified.” For the rest of this […]
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