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March 23, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: HERRING FISHERY COLLAPSES ON CANADA’S PACIFIC COAST
The Pacific Herring fishery on the west coast of North America has collapsed, joining the Atlantic Cod in the annals of Canadian fisheries mismanagement. Conservancy Hornby Island (CHI), a community-based organization that has been calling for a moratorium on the Strait of Georgia herring fishery for the past 5 years with the support of many First Nations and environmental organizations and the public, has declared the fishery defunct. The Northern Gulf Islands region, the epicentre and barometer of the commercial fishery, has failed to see a healthy return of herring to its critical spawning beaches this spring and the commercial fishing industry has struggled to reach 50% of a quota already cut in half by the Minister of Fisheries, Joyce Murray.
March 22, 2022
Comment: Is Pacific herring the next Atlantic cod? | TIMES COLONIST
A commentary by Don Peterson, board member of Conservancy Hornby Island, the epicentre of the last remaining/disappearing herring fishery in B.C.
CHEK NEWS
November 14, 2021
Island fishermen ‘worried’ as conservationists call to stop herring fishery that is set to start in days | CHEK NEWS
How will fishers be looked after if the Pacific herring fishery is shut down? CHI Chair Grant Scott spoke to CHEK News on the issue and CHI’s proposed solution.
November 13, 2021
Moratorium sought on herring fisheries; critical for salmon | TIMES COLONIST
“Conservationists are calling for a moratorium on both the upcoming food-and-bait herring fishery in the Strait of Georgia and next season’s roe herring fishery to protect stocks of the small silver fish.
They fear herring living year-round in the Strait of Georgia are at risk due to fishing. Resident herring are caught in the winter, as well as in March, when they are pulled up in nets along with migratory herring returning to the strait to spawn…”
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July 12, 2021
Road to 2030 award recipients announced
“Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions is a priority for the region. The CVRD has actions and targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our own operations. Road to 2030 was an opportunity to support and raise awareness for community-led greenhouse gas emission-reducing projects. By working together, and encouraging innovation, we can make progress towards reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 50% of 2007 levels by 2030,” explains Alana Mullaly, General Manager of Planning and Development Services. “Congratulations to the 2021 Road to 2030 winners and thank you to all of the applicants. These local projects will help reduce GHG emissions in the Valley and inspire other local climate action initiatives.”
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ph: Rebecca Benjamin-Carey / CHI
March 23, 2021
Concerns raised after video shows thousands of dead herring dumped off B.C. coast | GLOBAL NEWS
The group Conservancy Hornby Island said they received an anonymous tip on March 18 that a fishing boat had dumped thousands of dead herring at the public dock in Deep Bay, north of Nanaimo.
Ph: Rebecca Benjamin-Carey
March 22, 2021
BREAKING NEWS: Sea bed covered in dead herring, allegedly dumped by commercial fisher | INDIGINEWS
As concerns swirl around dwindling herring stocks in the Salish Sea, a boat load of herring carcasses has been discovered off the east coast of Vancouver Island.
Ph: Rebecca Benjamin-Carey
March 22, 2021
Sea-bed covered in dead herring, allegedly dumped by commercial fisher | TORONTO STAR
On Friday, the volunteer group Conservancy Hornby Island (CHI) received an anonymous email alleging that a commercial fishing vessel had dumped the load of dead herring at the Deep Bay Marina located central East Vancouver Island.
ph: Rebecca Benjamin-Carey / CHI
March 22, 2021
FISH DUMPED UNDER INVESTIGATION | CTV NEWS VANCOUVER
CTV News Video Network
Ph. Rebecca Benjamin-Carey / CHI
March 22, 2021
Thousands of dead herring dumped off coast of Vancouver Island, conservationists say | CBC NEWS
'The sadness to us is that there's a loss of those potential fish in the future,' says Grant Scott
ph: Rebecca Benjamin-Carey / CHI
March 22, 2021
Conservancy Hornby Island (CHI) is sounding the alarm after someone dumped a herring catch on the ocean floor in Deep Bay | MYPOWELLRIVERNOW
On March 19th, CHI members Rebecca Benjamin-Carrey and Dagen Mutter responded to an anonymous tip off that, the group says, “a commercial fishing vessel had dumped its load of herring after the packing vessel refused the catch.”