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Photo by @kwexphoto // Shot on the herring grounds in the Strait of Georgia earlier this year, a bald eagle scores its meal of Pacific herring. These small, underappreciated fish are the cornerstone of marine biodiversity on the B.C. coast.⁣
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Our next virtual trivia game takes place on April 28th and focuses on herring. Join our marine campaigner, Emmie Page and special guest, Sydney Dixon from Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society. You can register via the link in our bio - spots are limited!

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Photo by @diorsheen // Yesterday evening (March 10), Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced that in addition to the seine fishery, the herring gillnet fishery has now opened. The total allowable catch for both of these fisheries is currently set at about 11,000 tonnes.⁣
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In this kill-fishery, the largest value target is roe (herring eggs) and is sold in Japan as a luxury food. Upwards of 90% of the remaining catch (the carcasses) will be ground up to make low value products like fish meal to feed farmed Atlantic salmon, as well as pet food and garden fertilizer. These herring could spawn multiple times throughout their lifecycle, year after year, while continuing to feed humpback whales and Chinook salmon — the main prey species of endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. But instead, the roe fishery catches herring just before spawning is complete, interrupting the production of billions of fertilized eggs each year. Traditional fisheries use more sustainable methods like collecting spawn-on-kelp so fish can reproduce year after year. ⁣
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Without an immediate moratorium placed on the commercial herring fishery, allowing populations to rebound, our ecosystems and communities are in trouble. Tell @bernadettejordanmp and your local MPs that we need an ecosystem-based approach to management of the herring fishery that will allow populations to come back to historic levels. It’s time for @fisheriesoceanscan to protect this #BIGLittleFish for generations to come.⁣
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#herring #pacificherring #foragefish #pacificwild #fisheries #marineconservation #oceanconservation #fishing #bcwildlife #cdnwildlife #oceanoptimism #conservation

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Photo by @kwexphoto // The most effective way to help Pacific herring is to write to your local representatives and Fisheries Minister, Bernadette Jordan, telling them that you support an immediate moratorium and movement towards an ecosystem-based approach to management of the herring fishery. This would allow populations to come back to historic levels. It’s time for Fisheries and Oceans Canada to protect this #BIGLittleFish for generations to come.⁣
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Send your letter today at the link in our bio!

Photo by Kali Wexler

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Photo by @iantmcallister // In case you missed it! Back in December of 2020, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Minister, Bernadette Jordan announced that all fish farms from the Discovery Islands had to be out by June 2022, giving aquaculture companies 18 months to transition. During this period, no new fish of any size were to be introduced. But last week, a federal court judge suspended a ban on restocking three fish farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands for Mowi Canada West — a salmon farming company.⁣
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Five First Nations including Homalco, Tla’amin, We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum and Kwiakah, whose traditional territory include the Discovery Islands were included in consultations with DFO last year. It was this consultation process that led to the December decision to phase out farms. But these Nations were excluded by the court to be interveners on this new development. ⁣
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According to Homalco Chief Darren Blaney, "Mowi's decision to go to court and challenge the minister's decision — which was based on consultations with First Nations like his — is a slap in the face, he said, noting it goes against the companies' claims to want to live up to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)."⁣
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It's time to #GetFishFarmsOut of B.C. Read the full story at the link in our bio.⁣
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#SalmonCount

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Photos by @iantmcallister // Today, we want to celebrate #InternationalDayOfForests. Here on Canada’s Pacific coast, a wide variety of charismatic species depend on old-growth forests. These ancient woodlands are critical for overall ecosystem health, providing a variety of benefits that younger, disturbed forests do not. For example, the old-growth forests in British Columbia have more fallen and decaying trees. The ones that stand are far more established, with root structures that enable higher than average heights. These characteristics help in shaping a multi-layered canopy that provides species with diverse habitats, access to nutrients, and better soil quality. This all helps to promote the survival of a greater diversity of plants and animals — including spirit bears, coastal wolves, and wild salmon the province is so well-known for. ⁣
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Today, logging threatens what remains of B.C.’s unprotected old-growth forests. A recently released report reviewing the management of B.C.’s old-growth forests found that many areas of the province are at a high risk of biodiversity loss under current practices. When less than 30 percent of natural old growth forests are not left intact, biodiversity loss skyrockets.
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B.C. needs legislation that protects our endangered and irreplaceable old-growth forests, conserving ecosystem health and biodiversity. We are running out of time. SPEAK UP and demand that Premier @johnhorgan4bc halt logging in B.C.'s at-risk old-growth forests ⁣
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#GreatBearRainforest #SaveOldGrowth #BCpoli #CDNpoli #Forests #Trees #Conservation #Oldgrowth

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Photo by @iantmcallister // Last July, we announced our legal case challenging the B.C. government’s ineffectual wolf culling program. Our stance argues that the cull is breaking federal aviation security regulations as well as other regulations outlined in the Wildlife Act. ⁣
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The courts have been operating at a very limited capacity due to COVID-19, and at this time we are still waiting for a hearing date to be set. The silver lining to waiting for our arguments to be heard: NO aerial gunning has taken place this year to date, saving the lives of hundreds of wolves.⁣
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Securing our legal counsel in this matter would not have been possible without the support of your generous donations. Thank you for helping us #SaveBCWolves this winter.

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