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Oceana presses Canada to pause capelin fishery following quota announcement

'This decision to allow continued overfishing of depleted capelin further hampers the government's efforts to rebuild the iconic northern cod population' - Oceana Canada marine scientist Jack Daly

By Barb Dean-Simmons | June 5, 2024 16:59 BST
A Newfoundland longliner uses a purse seine to fish capelin close to shore during the 2020 season. Photo by Barb Dean-Simmons.
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With the capelin population at just 9% of its historical abundance in the waters around the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), the conservation group Oceana Canada says the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is making a mistake by allowing the commercial fishery to re-open this year [...]

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