Hello Pacific Herring Aficionados of the Salish Sea, Fishing Notice 0114, issued 12 Feb 2025 closed the Food and Bait Fishery for the season. The reported harvest is 2017 short tons. A separate email to David Ellis reported that the harvest was in...
“Hundreds gathered on Vancouver Island on Thursday to support putting a moratorium on the commercial herring fishery.” – CTV News https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/video/2025/02/14/calls-for-moratorium-bc-commercial-herring-fishery
Copied and pasted below is an article published in The Narwhal, written by Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood. It can be found at this link: https://thenarwhal.ca/wsanec-chiefs-dfo-herring-harvest/ The chiefs have called for a moratorium to protect B.C.’s last strong...
Agenda for February 13, 2025 8:30 – 9:15 Arrival and Refreshment Adam Olsen MC calling everyone at 9:10. Please arrive early topark, register, refresh and be seated for a 9:15 start. 9:15 – 10:00 W̱SÁNEĆ Welcome W̱SÁNEĆ drummers WEC’KINEM Eric Pelkey on behalf...
First Nations, environmental organizations, and scientists are gathering to discuss the restoration of the Salish Sea’s distinct herring populations and collaborate on strategies to bring vitality back to communities for whom herring was a foundational species....
JANUARY 28, 2025, WSÁNEĆ, BC — The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has once again disregarded the traditional wisdom and inherent rights of First Nations. Despite a Declaration signed by six WSÁNEĆ Hereditary Chiefs in November 2024 demanding an immediate...