DFO credibility crisis presents opportunity for Carney
Canada’s coastal fisheries are, in many respects, a mess. It’s a pressing challenge and critical opportunity for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new government. Let’s set the scene. The vital and profitable East Coast fisheries are plagued by conflict over First Nations treaty rights and conservation overreach. In the West, the commercial fishery’s collapse and fisheries management disputes have weakened coastal communities. Ottawa’s 2024 decision to ban the region’s marine net salmon farming exacerbated problems. On both coasts, industry hostility towards the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is at near-fever pitch. In the recent election, Carney encountered protests by fishers outside a Newfoundland campaign rally. Despite that, fisheries garnered little national media coverage during the campaign. Coastal issues do not resonate in major cities. But the industry could well provide an early and consequential test of the new Liberal government. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 07:30
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