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February 16, 2018

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This #MarineMonday, can you guess the name of this jellyfish? HINT: It's the largest known species. Bonus points if you can also guess another little fish hiding in its tentacles.⁣
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Last time, if you guessed tufted puffin, you were right! These medium-sized seabirds can be found in many coastal habitats in the northern Pacific. Depending on the ocean, tufted puffins eat small fish, squids, octopuses, crabs, jellyfish, and zooplankton.⁣
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#marineconservation #underwaterphotography #bcnature #canadianwildlife #jellyfish #puffin

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"If we don't take action over the next year or two, it's going to be like the cod fishery of the East Coast." Hereditary chief of the Gitanyow, Malii (also known as Glen Williams) compares reckless management of the wild Pacific sockeye salmon fishery to the infamous collapse of Newfoundland's cod fishery in the 1990s. In B.C., #creekwalkers, who diligently track the health of sockeye salmon numbers in remote streams, are being phased out due to a lack of funding and support from @fisheriesoceanscan. With a shortage of information to assess the sustainability of 50% of sockeye populations on the central and north coasts, our government has allowed blind management decisions to contribute to alarming, widespread declines.⁣
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“It adds up to this: a century ago, about 1.8 million wild adult sockeye returned to the Skeena River each year. In the eight years ending in 2014, it was fewer than 500,000, and the fish have done more poorly since then," said SFU researcher, Michael Price.⁣
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#SalmonCount and they need increased monitoring. Read more on this issue via a captivating new @macleansmag article featuring recently uncovered research which illustrates the historical abundance of wild Skeena sockeye compared to today (link in our bio).⁣
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#salmonnation #fisheriesmanagement #bcpoli #overfishing #wildsalmon #pacificsalmon #keepitwild #wildfirst

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In 2015, the Heiltsuk Nation (@heiltsukcouncil) stood in opposition to the commercial sac roe fishery that targeted herring in their territories. Since 2016, the herring that spawn in Spiller Channel have been protected from this fishery, and this year's spawn was a glimpse of the abundance herring provide for the entire coastal ecosystem. From salmon and bald eagles, to grizzly bears and wolves, to sea ducks and humpback whales—all of the animals came to feed on the herring.⁣⁣
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Herring can recover if they are given the chance. In the Strait of Georgia, @fisheriesoceanscan (DFO) is preparing for another year of herring fisheries, starting with the winter food and bait fishery, which is scheduled to open on November 26. These commercial fisheries continue, despite DFO's estimate that the population has declined by one-third. Outside of management and industry, there is little support for the current fishing model, which catches 20% of the total population each year.⁣ ⁣⁣
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“There is an issue here that DFO is whitewashing harvest rates based on fictional biomass. The 20 percent harvest rate is a joke with these wild predictions. DFO’s lack of precaution is driving the last viable spawn in the Salish Sea to extinction," -Captain Locky MacLean, Sea Shepherd Global⁣⁣
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Click the link in our bio to read a new in-depth piece in Focus on Victoria by Briony Penn, a co-host of last week's HELIT TTE SLON,ET (Let the Herring Live) forum in W̱SÁNEĆ territory 🐟⁣⁣
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#BIGLittleFish #foragefish #herring #bcnature #fisheries #fisheriesmanagement #overfishing #marineconservation

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Many iconic Canadian species depend on intact old-growth forests for survival including the endangered southern mountain caribou. Sadly, the vast majority of old-growth in B.C. has already been logged. Still, industry continues to clearcut these non-renewable ecosystems at a record pace. ⁣
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As growing public pressure and awareness for unsustainable old-growth logging in B.C. continues, the provincial government has created a two-person panel to conduct public consultations and report findings by April 2020.⁣
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If you're a resident of B.C., now is the time to stand up and make your voice heard. Visit our friends at Wilderness Committee to write a letter about your opposition to current forest management practices and demand remain old-growth be protected (click the link in our bio to do so).⁣
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#oldgrowth #forestry #bcnature #bcpoli #cdnpoli #forestmanagement #logging

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Mother and cub enjoy a meal of salmon in the #GreatBearRainforest⁣
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Did you know, black bears lose approximately 30% of their weight over the winter? As temperatures begin to drop here in B.C. bears are busy packing on the pounds. They require immense stores of fat to make it through to spring and will voraciously consume up to 20,000 calories a day. During this phase of intense eating, it's essential that they have access to abundant salmon stocks.⁣
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#SalmonCount #salmonnation #blackbear #bcnature #canadianwildlife #wildlifephotography

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Overfishing of B.C.’s herring population is having a major impact across entire marine food webs. Primarily, endangered southern resident killer whales eat Chinook salmon, and Chinook salmon eat herring. Despite this, @fisheriesoceanscan has admitted they’ve done no research “regarding the impacts the commercial herring fishery has on southern resident killer whales.”⁣
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Faced with two iconic, struggling species, it’s mind boggling that our government hasn’t even done any research on the negative impacts industrial herring fishing is having on population numbers and survival rates of Chinook and orcas. The first logical step in working to conserve these species is protecting their main food supply — Pacific herring.⁣
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This is why a closure of the herring fishery in Strait of Georgia is needed now more than ever.⁣
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Check out the full story in @timescolonist (link in our bio and stories) #BIGLittleFish ⁣
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#overfishing #fisheries #fisheriesmanagement #herring #foragefish #pacificwild #bcnature #bcpoli #cdnpoli #keepitwild ⁣

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