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Debate continues about quotas as thousands of tonnes of herring pulled into boats off Parksville Qualicum Beach
While the Pacific herring are one of the most abundant fish in B.C.’s coastal waters, many communities have suffered a decrease in stock suspected from overfishing. The main controversies lay on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, around Haida Gwaii and on the central coast where First Nations and various scientists fear the herring are in a fragile state despite the federal government’s decision to reopen herring fisheries. Though herring stocks are struggling to recover in neighbouring waters, here in Parksville Qualicum Beach we’re seeing record highs. Read the rest here
Barney Dudoward and Wally Piatocka, with a combined 100 years fishing don’t hold back their critisizm of DFO. Good on you guys!
Two septuagenarians will be packing tonnes of herring into the hold of their vessel this week, just like they’ve been doing every year for more than three decades. Wally Piatocka, 79, and Barney Dudoward, 70, will once again be part of the herring roe fishery on the waters off Parksville Qualicum Beach, which opened Wednesday for gillnetters. Read more here pqbnews.com mage credit: JOHN HARDING PHOTO 15:03
EDITORIAL: DFO needs to listen to oldtimers Read more here
