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Category: Herring

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14 Arguments Against the Herring Fishery

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2024 Herring Management Plan

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The seine fleet on the water in the Strait of Georgia in 2019. Photo: Ian McAllister
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Pacific Wild’s Feedback on the 2023/2024 Draft Integrated Fisheries Management Plan for Pacific Herring

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Herring and the Interconnected Coast

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Herring Spawn: A Springtime Spectacle Threatened by Overharvesting

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IFMP Response: Recommendations for 2022/2023 Pacific herring IFMP

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Fishers Struggle to Fill Already-Reduced Quota in Strait of Georgia Herring Fishery

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Press Release: Unsustainable Herring Roe Fishery Opens Amidst Calls for Moratorium

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Pacific Wild’s Response to Commercial Herring SOK Fishery Closure

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Protecting Pacific Herring

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Our Top Questions To Ask Your Newly Elected MPs

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The Declining Economic Value of Pacific Herring

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Herring are Worth More in the Water than in Nets

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Pacific Herring are Critical to the B.C. Coast Ecosystem

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💐This Mother`s Day, send a little animal sweetness to the special mother figures in your life with a Pacific Wild E-Card.
💚Minimum donation is just $5, and every dollar supports wildlife and habitat conservation in British Columbia.
📨 Your card will be sent immediately after completing the dedication—no postage, no waste, just pure love. Link in bio 🔗
🥰 Thank you for honouring the moms in your life with a gift that gives back to the wild places and creatures we all cherish.
📷 @iantmcallister
#ECards #MothersDay #MothersDayCard #Wildlife #CuteAnimals #WildlifePhotography

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💐This Mother's Day, send a little animal sweetness to the special mother figures in your life with a Pacific Wild E-Card.
💚Minimum donation is just $5, and every dollar supports wildlife and habitat conservation in British Columbia.
 📨 Your card will be sent immediately after completing the dedication—no postage, no waste, just pure love.  Link in bio 🔗
🥰 Thank you for honouring the moms in your life with a gift that gives back to the wild places and creatures we all cherish.
📷 @iantmcallister
#ECards #MothersDay #MothersDayCard #Wildlife #CuteAnimals #WildlifePhotography
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🌊 “After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.” — Sir David Attenborough

Today, on David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, we’re celebrating a lifetime of inspiring wonder, curiosity, and action for our planet.

🎬 Join us for a special screening of the film "Ocean with David Attenborough" as part of @oceanweekvictoria. This powerful and award-winning documentary explores the beauty, fragility, and resilience of our ocean, and reminds us that protecting it is still possible.

Following the film, stay for a panel discussion and audience Q&A with speakers from @georgiastraitbc, Pacific Wild, and more as we dive into the impacts of bottom trawling and the future of marine protection in British Columbia.

📍 The Vic Theatre
🗓️ Thursday, June 4
⏰ 6:00–9:15 PM
🎟️ Free event | 19+ | Registration required | Link in bio
🌊 Capacity is limited, reserve your spot early!

Special thanks to @ReviveOurOcean, co-producer of the film, for facilitating access as well as @silverback_films @natgeo and @openplanetorg

#OceanFilm #OceanWithDavidAttenborough #ReviveOurOcean #OceanWeekVictoria #OceanWeekCanada

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🌊 “After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.” — Sir David Attenborough 

Today, on David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, we’re celebrating a lifetime of inspiring wonder, curiosity, and action for our planet.

🎬 Join us for a special screening of the film "Ocean with David Attenborough" as part of @oceanweekvictoria. This powerful and award-winning documentary explores the beauty, fragility, and resilience of our ocean, and reminds us that protecting it is still possible.

Following the film, stay for a panel discussion and audience Q&A with speakers from @georgiastraitbc, Pacific Wild, and more as we dive into the impacts of bottom trawling and the future of marine protection in British Columbia.

📍 The Vic Theatre
🗓️ Thursday, June 4
⏰ 6:00–9:15 PM
🎟️ Free event | 19+ | Registration required | Link in bio
🌊 Capacity is limited, reserve your spot early!

Special thanks to @ReviveOurOcean, co-producer of the film, for facilitating access as well as @silverback_films @natgeo and @openplanetorg

#OceanFilm #OceanWithDavidAttenborough #ReviveOurOcean #OceanWeekVictoria #OceanWeekCanada
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❓Guess how old these fish are! Some of the most familiar fish along B..C’s coast can live for decades, longer than many people expect.

🐟The oldest rockfish recorded in B.C. is the Rougheye rockfish, which has been known to live up to 147 years old. To really appreciate that, a rockfish that age today would have been born in the late 1800s, and could have quietly lived through an astonishing stretch of human history including the rise of steamships, then diesel-powered ships along the coast.

🧡Copper rockfish are beautifully mottled in orange, copper, and brown tones and are commonly found around rocky reefs and kelp forests. These fish are incredibly long-lived, with individuals reaching over 90 years old in some cases. That means a copper rockfish born before World War II could still be swimming today!

🖤Black rockfish are schooling fish often seen in large groups near offshore reefs and pinnacles. They’re typically dark grey to black in colour and are also long-lived, commonly reaching 50–60 years of age, with some living even longer under the right conditions.

⏰ Rockfish are slow-growing and slow to reproduce, which makes them especially vulnerable to overfishing. In B.C., rockfish are among the species that can be both incidentally caught as well as targeted by commercial trawl fisheries. Because they live so long and mature later in life, their populations can take many years to recover if impacted. These remarkable fish are a reminder of how ancient and delicate our coastal ecosystems are, and why responsible fishing and marine protection are so important.

👇Comment below if you can identify the rockfish in this video!

🎥 @iantmcallister

#DraggedToDeath #InDeepTrouble #SustainableFisheries #RockFish MarineProtection

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❓Guess how old these fish are! Some of the most familiar fish along B..C’s coast can live for decades,  longer than many people expect.

🐟The oldest rockfish recorded in B.C. is the Rougheye rockfish, which has been known to live up to 147 years old. To really appreciate that, a rockfish that age today would have been born in the late 1800s, and could have quietly lived through an astonishing stretch of human history including the rise of steamships, then diesel-powered ships along the coast.

🧡Copper rockfish are beautifully mottled in orange, copper, and brown tones and are commonly found around rocky reefs and kelp forests. These fish are incredibly long-lived, with individuals reaching over 90 years old in some cases. That means a copper rockfish born before World War II could still be swimming today!

🖤Black rockfish are schooling fish often seen in large groups near offshore reefs and pinnacles. They’re typically dark grey to black in colour and are also long-lived, commonly reaching 50–60 years of age, with some living even longer under the right conditions.

⏰ Rockfish are slow-growing and slow to reproduce, which makes them especially vulnerable to overfishing. In B.C., rockfish are among the species that can be both incidentally caught as well as targeted by commercial trawl fisheries. Because they live so long and mature later in life, their populations can take many years to recover if impacted. These remarkable fish are a reminder of how ancient and delicate our coastal ecosystems are, and why responsible fishing and marine protection are so important.

👇Comment below if you can identify the rockfish in this video!

🎥 @iantmcallister 

#DraggedToDeath #InDeepTrouble #SustainableFisheries #RockFish MarineProtection
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⛴️ Three seasons of enhanced monitoring in B.C.’s groundfish trawl fishery are giving us a clearer picture of what’s really happening beneath the surface. Salmon bycatch has dropped by roughly 73% over the past three fishing seasons, and the new Chinook bycatch cap is an important step toward stronger accountability and precautionary fisheries management.

📉But the data also show that reduced bycatch is closely tied to reduced fishing effort, especially in midwater trawl fisheries, where most salmon bycatch occurs. This tells us something important: conservation gains depend not just on caps, but on reducing pressure where the risk is highest. If we want lasting protection for salmon, bycatch reduction must be built into how the fishery operates, not left to changing effort levels alone.

🐟 More broadly, many jurisdictions around the world are moving toward banning trawling altogether. Ultimately, that is the direction Pacific Wild supports, given that indiscriminate fishing methods are inherently problematic. In the interim, however, there are still important steps that can be taken to reduce harm. Pacific herring, a foundation species in B.C.’s marine ecosystems, likely remain underrepresented in bycatch reporting. Enhanced monitoring for herring is the next critical step toward protecting biodiversity and managing fisheries within ecological limits. Because protecting ocean ecosystems starts with measuring what we remove, and taking responsibility for it.

🔗 Read the full blog — link in bio
📣 Urge Fisheries and Oceans Canada to implement stronger monitoring for Pacific herring — add your voice today

#DraggedToDeath #InDeepTrouble #CommercialFishing #SustainableFisheries #PacificSalmon #ChinookSalmon #PacificHerring

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⛴️ Three seasons of enhanced monitoring in B.C.’s groundfish trawl fishery are giving us a clearer picture of what’s really happening beneath the surface. Salmon bycatch has dropped by roughly 73% over the past three fishing seasons, and the new Chinook bycatch cap is an important step toward stronger accountability and precautionary fisheries management. 

📉But the data also show that reduced bycatch is closely tied to reduced fishing effort, especially in midwater trawl fisheries, where most salmon bycatch occurs. This tells us something important: conservation gains depend not just on caps, but on reducing pressure where the risk is highest. If we want lasting protection for salmon, bycatch reduction must be built into how the fishery operates, not left to changing effort levels alone.

🐟 More broadly, many jurisdictions around the world are moving toward banning trawling altogether. Ultimately, that is the direction Pacific Wild supports, given that indiscriminate fishing methods are inherently problematic. In the interim, however, there are still important steps that can be taken to reduce harm. Pacific herring, a foundation species in B.C.’s marine ecosystems, likely remain underrepresented in bycatch reporting. Enhanced monitoring for herring is the next critical step toward protecting biodiversity and managing fisheries within ecological limits. Because protecting ocean ecosystems starts with measuring what we remove, and taking responsibility for it.

🔗 Read the full blog — link in bio
📣 Urge Fisheries and Oceans Canada to implement stronger monitoring for Pacific herring — add your voice today

#DraggedToDeath #InDeepTrouble #CommercialFishing #SustainableFisheries #PacificSalmon #ChinookSalmon #PacificHerring
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🚨 Another herring fishery opens today in the Strait of Georgia. This fishery has the catchy name
“The Special Use fishery” and is divided into five licence categories for different uses and products, including personal use, sport bait, commercial bait, domestic food and bait, and zoo or aquarium use.

🐟 Most of the headlines around Pacific herring focus on the short spring roe fishery, but that’s only part of the story. Herring fishing in the Strait of Georgia is far from a brief, seasonal event.

📅 The Special Use herring fishery is set to open from May 1 through November 6, 2026, spanning over six months of the year. Then a few weeks later in November, the next herring season will start, and the Food and Bait fishery will begin. The Food and Bait fishery often sells its catch to tuna-farms in Australia, or to aquariums as feed for captive animals, and it usually spans from late November to late January. The Food and Bait fishery usually only closes a few weeks before the spring herring roe fishery opens, which sells the roe from female herring to overseas markets before they have a chance to spawn.

🐋 Herring in the Strait of Georgia face fishing pressure in nearly every season, not just during the short roe opening that gets the most attention. If we care about the health of this ecosystem, and the salmon, whales, seabirds, and humans that depend on herring, we need to look at the full picture.

Because it’s not just a few days of fishing. It’s a year-round story.

🎥 @iantmcallister

#ProtectPacificHerring #PacificHerring #Herring #SustainableFisheries #SalishSea

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🚨 Another herring fishery opens today in the Strait of Georgia.  This fishery has the catchy name
“The Special Use fishery”  and is divided into five licence categories for different uses and products, including personal use, sport bait, commercial bait, domestic food and bait, and zoo or aquarium use.

🐟 Most of the headlines around Pacific herring focus on the short spring roe fishery, but that’s only part of the story. Herring fishing in the Strait of Georgia is far from a brief, seasonal event. 

📅 The Special Use herring fishery is set to open from May 1 through November 6, 2026, spanning over six months of the year.  Then a few weeks later in November, the next herring season will start, and the Food and Bait fishery will begin. The Food and Bait fishery often sells its catch to tuna-farms in Australia, or  to aquariums as feed for captive animals, and it usually spans from late November to late January. The Food and Bait fishery usually only closes a few weeks before the spring herring roe fishery opens, which sells the roe from female herring to overseas markets before they have a chance to spawn. 

🐋 Herring in the Strait of Georgia face fishing pressure in nearly every season, not just during the short roe opening that gets the most attention. If we care about the health of this ecosystem, and the salmon, whales,  seabirds, and humans that depend on herring, we need to look at the full picture.

Because it’s not just a few days of fishing. It’s a year-round story.

🎥 @iantmcallister

#ProtectPacificHerring #PacificHerring #Herring #SustainableFisheries #SalishSea
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🐺 In winter 2024–25, the B.C. government killed 351 wolves and six cougars across 15 caribou herd ranges. This “short-term measure” has now continued for a decade, despite the Province’s own reports identifying human-caused habitat disturbance as the underlying driver of caribou decline.

Our wolf resource list has been updated with new government reports and scientific studies on B.C.’s wolf cull, caribou recovery, habitat restoration, and predator-prey dynamics.

The 2026 update includes:
📄 New government reports on recent predator reduction numbers, provincial wolf population estimates, and caribou recovery planning.

🔬 Scientific research on:
🐾 caribou calf survival during wolf reduction programs,
🦌 deer expansion after mild winters,
🐴 feral horses as prey for wolves and cougars,
🪲 mountain pine beetle impacts on caribou habitat, and
🌲 the role of habitat restoration in climate mitigation.

The science remains clear: recovery depends on protecting and restoring the old-growth forests caribou need to survive. Killing wolves does not fix habitat destruction.

👉 Dive deeper into the science of wolves and the complexities of wildlife management in our newly updated resource list at the link in our bio.
🎥 courtesy of @iantmcallister
#SaveBCWolves #Wolves #Wolf #Ungulate #Deer #Caribou #WildlifeManagement #WildlifeConservation

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🐺 In winter 2024–25, the B.C. government killed 351 wolves and six cougars across 15 caribou herd ranges. This “short-term measure” has now continued for a decade, despite the Province’s own reports identifying human-caused habitat disturbance as the underlying driver of caribou decline.

Our wolf resource list has been updated with new government reports and scientific studies on B.C.’s wolf cull, caribou recovery, habitat restoration, and predator-prey dynamics.

The 2026 update includes:
📄 New government reports on recent predator reduction numbers, provincial wolf population estimates, and caribou recovery planning.

🔬 Scientific research on: 
🐾 caribou calf survival during wolf reduction programs, 
🦌 deer expansion after mild winters, 
🐴 feral horses as prey for wolves and cougars,
🪲 mountain pine beetle impacts on caribou habitat, and 
🌲 the role of habitat restoration in climate mitigation.

The science remains clear: recovery depends on protecting and restoring the old-growth forests caribou need to survive. Killing wolves does not fix habitat destruction.

👉 Dive deeper into the science of wolves and the complexities of wildlife management in our newly updated resource list at the link in our bio. 
🎥 courtesy of @iantmcallister 
#SaveBCWolves #Wolves #Wolf #Ungulate #Deer #Caribou #WildlifeManagement #WildlifeConservation
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