Oceana Canada audit claims country has mismanaged fisheries over last seven years

Published 2023년 12월 13일

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A Fishery Audit 2023 by Oceana Canada finds that the Canadian government and Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) have made little progress in rebuilding and maintaining sustainable fishing stocks, with less than a third of marine fish and invertebrate populations considered healthy. Despite the Fisheries Act requiring DFO to create rebuilding plans for critically depleted stocks, they have not done so for 13 critical stocks, and are also accused of ignoring scientific advice and rolling over quota levels contrary to evidence. While 61% of Canada's wild-caught seafood by volume is certified to the MSC standard, many poorly managed fisheries are not included, and the Canadian government is urged to follow the lead of the U.S. in rebuilding overfished stocks.

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Oceana Canada’s recently released “Fishery Audit 2023” claims the Canadian government and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada has made virtually no progress at rebuilding and maintaining the sustainability of its fishing stocks. The report is the seventh time Oceana Canada has assessed Canada’s fisheries management, and in that time DFO and the Canadian government has made little progress, the organization said. “Once again, less than a third of Canada’s marine fish and invertebrate populations can be considered healthy and nearly 40 percent of fisheries lack enough information to assign the health status needed to properly manage them,” Oceana Canada Fishery Scientist Rebecca Schijns said. “Even worse, there has been a decrease in the number of healthy fisheries and no significant improvement in Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s performance against science, monitoring, and management indicators since Oceana Canada’s very first audit in 2017.”According to Oceana ...

Source: Seafoodsource