DFO shuts down fishery, citing First Nations reconciliation

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has agreed to cancel this year’s commercial roe herring fishery on B.C.’s central coast, citing the federal government’s commitment to reconciliation with First Nations.
The Heiltsuk First Nation and DFO officials were unable to come to a “shared understanding” about the health of the local herring stock.
Herring biomass — a measure of health and abundance — has “flatlined” on the central coast, said Kelly Br