Canadian fisheries: access and benefits at risk of slipping away?

Commercial fishing licenses and quota are valuable assets, as are fish processing and export facilities that dot our coasts and employ local people.

Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan pictured at Rideau Hall on Nov. 20, 2019. Federal fisheries management is centralized and focuses on tracking single-species stocks of fish through science and modeling, implementing marine conservation measures where appropriate, and developing policy through collaborative processes, writes professor Jennifer Silver. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JENNIFER SILVER

August 3, 2021

International demand for seafood is hitting heights while global yield from wild capture fisheries has plateaued. Seafood-importing countries and firms that supply them are looking for ways to secure long-term access to catch. This may ...

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