Canada moves one step closer to protecting its fishing communities

The new legislation, which is making its way through the Senate, restore the integrity of our fisheries policies by making it clear that the fisheries minister has the authority to make decisions and adopt policies that protect fishermen and the communities that rely on them.

Fishing communities throughout the Atlantic, Quebec, and British Columbia, employ thousands of people and are the hidden socio-economic success story of Canada’s fishery policy, writes Melanie Sonnenberg of the Canadian Independent Fish Harvesters’ Federation.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY Melanie Sonnenberg

October 30, 2018

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