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The Issues

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Non-selective commercial fishing techniques & poor fishery management continue to be the main issues confronting Skeena steelhead. more »  
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The Department of Fisheries & Oceans needs to address non-selective fisheries and their impact on non-target fish such as steelhead. more »    
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Welcome to the new NCSA website!

By ncsa On March 1, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Announcements, News

Welcome to our new website! We hope you enjoy the new layout that combines our old, basically defunct home site and our popular Skeena Fisheries blog into a new and much improved site.

The Skeena Fisheries blog site will be kept live during a transition period, but we will no longer post there. All new blog postings [...]

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DFO criticised in Globe & Mail editorial

By ncsa On May 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

Looks like we arent the only ones to criticise DFO for commercial industry bias or poor fishery management. In this editorial by Gwyn Morgan in today’s Globe & Mail DFO is again criticised for showing a bias towards commercial fishermen over the much more economically important recreational fishery.

Sounds familiar to anyone [...]

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North Coast DFO reverts to old standards of delay, deny, and obfuscate…

By ncsa On March 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Fishery Management, fishery politics

In response to a recent NCSA Access to Information inquiry requesting the 2011 commercial fishing season Observer data, we received this reply from DFO yesterday. From their response, it appears the north coast office is reverting back to its old behaviour of thumbing its nose at the public by delaying access to [...]

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NCSA Reply to DFO RDG Farlinger, March 27,2012

By ncsa On March 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

Here is the NCSA reply to RDG Farlinger

Ms. Susan Farlinger

Regional Director General

DFO Pacific Region

Suite 200-401 Burrard Street

Vancouver, BC

V8C 3S4

March 27, 2012

RE: Suggestions on initiating gillnet buyout discussions

Dear [...]

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Gillnet Buyout/Retirement inquiries with DFO

By ncsa On March 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Fishery Management, fishery politics, sustainable fishing

NCSA Email to DFO Pacific Reg. Dir. Gen. Farlinger, March 14, 2012

Dear Ms Farlinger,

The Skeena Watershed Initiative failed to adequately discuss, let alone offer suggestions for moving forward in fishery reform on the north coast. The NCSA would like to suggest a possible alternate route in moving towards more [...]

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Patagonia video on Skeena sustainable fisheries

By ncsa On March 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In First Nations, Fishery Management, sustainable fishing

Interesting Patagonia video on their efforts to promote sustainable fishing practises in the Skeena watershed.

 

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