Entering this year’s fishing season, Oceana Canada Urges Canadian Government to Finally Address 30-Year Fisheries Crisis as Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss Accelerate
The situation is becoming more urgent because of accelerating climate change and biodiversity loss.
- The situation is becoming more urgent because of accelerating climate change and biodiversity loss.
- Now, the Canadian government has an opportunity to demonstrate how to successfully re-open a previously collapsed fishery and provide benefits now and for generations to come.
- The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans faces many fisheries management decisions in the coming months which could help set Canada’s fisheries on a path to recovery and abundance.
- By restoring Canada’s oceans, we can strengthen our communities, reap greater economic and nutritional benefits, and protect our future.