How We Fish, a new report by Living Oceans Society, Ecology Action Centre, and Marine Conservation Biology Institute, ranks the ecological impacts of fishing gears used in Canada, from bottom trawls to lobster traps.
How We Fish recommends that Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) immediately implement policies that prioritize the protection of habitat and marine life as well as provide incentives to fishermen to switch to less harmful fishing gear.
How We Fish also recommends that fishing gear impacts should be adequately researched and monitored, and calls for marine protected areas and fisheries closures to protect ecosystems from the impacts of fishing.
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Coalition of B.C. environmental groups applaud B.C. ocean agreement
Living Oceans Society, David Suzuki Foundation and Sierra Club BC
congratulated Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Coastal First Nations on
their bold agreement to formally work together to develop a
comprehensive marine plan for an enormous area of British Columbia’s
coast known as the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area
(PNCIMA).
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