Oceana Canada calls for rethink on capelin fishery

Published 2022년 6월 13일

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Oceana Canada is urging the Canadian Fisheries Minister, Joyce Murray, to reconsider her decision to continue overfishing capelin, a critically depleted forage fish in northeastern Newfoundland, stating that it goes against the department's own policies and endangers maritime life and communities. The organization is pushing for the fishery's closure to preserve the depleted stock, a move supported by nearly 20,000 people. Oceana Canada's campaign aims to restore ocean abundance, with a focus on improving the health and certainty of Canada's fisheries, as less than a third are deemed healthy. The Becht Family Charitable Trust supports this initiative, providing funding for marine conservation efforts.

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Oceana Canada calls for rethink on capelin fishery. Oceana Canada says the recent decision by Canadian Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray to continue overfishing capelin, a critically depleted forage fish in north eastern Newfoundland (NAFO Area 2J3KL), fails to follow Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)’s own policies and puts at risk wild fisheries and the communities that rely upon them. Oceana Canada has been calling on Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to close the fishery to protect the stock, which has been critically depleted and overfished for more than 30 years. An Oceana Canada statement said: “DFO’s decision to leave the fishery open and maintain the harvest quota from last year at 14,533t ignores the best available science that shows the population is critically depleted. Continued overfishing is a short-sighted decision that undermines the long-term socio-economic value of the fishery and fails to protect the health and abundance of the ocean. “Minister Murray has ...

Source: Fish Focus