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Canada closes most Pacific herring fisheries to help wild salmon stocks

As part of the closure, Pacific herring harvests will be reduced to a 10% rate in the Strait of Georgia, with a maximum total catch of 7121.4 metric tons

By Undercurrent News | Dec. 20, 2021 16:30 GMT
Pacific herring. Photograph courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Canada has closed most of its Pacific Ocean herring fisheries to secure a food source for wild salmon stocks, except for First Nations harvests for food and ceremonial rites, CBC News reports [...]

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