Sustaining the Harvest for Dungeness Crab
A year into the process, Central Coast Nations assess whether management efforts are working to improve crab abundance and food fishery access.
A year into the process, Central Coast Nations assess whether management efforts are working to improve crab abundance and food fishery access.
Central Coast Nations launch two new salmon programs to improve catch monitoring and advance restoration in priority watersheds.
Last month, CCIRA representatives were invited to share insights on the effectiveness of the scientific approach within Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
New BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund investment will enhance First Nations-led catch monitoring on the Central Coast.
The landmark Fisheries Resources Reconciliation Agreement is a major step forward in co-governance and the future health of Central Coast fisheries.
Drawing upon years of intensive research, surveys and multi-general knowledge, Central Coast First Nations say closures at key locations will maintain healthy crab populations.
25 years from now things could look very different on the Central Coast. Ocean ecosystems could be healthier and fish populations more robust with a thriving food fishery for local people. These outcomes are some of the possible benefits from the implementation of the Government-to-Government-Government Northern Shelf Bioregion Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network process –…
The two key findings from our published research papers are: (1) our catches have declined such that we cannot meet our FSC needs, and (2) fishing closures can help crab populations recover.
We published the eighth issue of The Common Voice in April of 2017…