The Herring Journal

The Saturna Island Marine Research & Education Society (SIMRES) is hosting a Herring School presentation on...

There was male milt in the water, there was male milt frothed up and laid on all the rockweed….but not an egg to find.
Until we found a clue, a tiny broken piece of Japanese Sargassum covered in eggs.

The W̱SÁNEĆ Hereditary Chiefs have received a legal opinion confirming a path forward to defend their Douglas Treaty right to fish “as formerly,” including seeking a moratorium on the commercial herring fishery in the Strait of Georgia. With legal work now underway and scientists, Elders, and community supporters mobilizing to gather evidence, this effort represents a critical moment to stand for herring, Indigenous law, and the long-term health of the Salish Sea. Your membership donations and community support will help carry this work forward in the months ahead.

ADIMS invites you to a fundraising event March 12, 2026 in support of the W̱SÁNEĆ Hereditary Chiefs’ legal challenge of DFO’s management of the herring fishery.

Précis of DFO Bulletins with Observations by Jim Shortreed

Celebrate the Herring on March 5–7, 2026, with sea life viewing boat tours, films, art, music, and powerful presentations from W̱SÁNEĆ Hereditary Chief W̱IĆKINEM Eric Pelkey, author Briony Penn, and many more.

Your voices at the HELIT TŦE SȽOṈ,ET (Let the Herring Live) Forum in February have been heard. One of the leading...

The DFO has released their Draft Integrated Fisheries Management Plan for Pacific Herring for the 2025/2026 season....

At the HELIT TŦE SȽOṈ, ET (Let the Herring Live) Forum in February 2025, First Nations and environmental organizations...

RESULTS OF 2025 HERRING SPAWN IN THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA Once again millions of herring migrated from the westcoast and...

The videos below are ordered chronologically, from the beginning of the event to the end. Welcome to Territory and...