'Year after year, DFO sits like toddlers with their fingers in their ears and their eyes scrunched closed, stuck on the idea that what hundreds of fish harvesters are seeing is simply wrong,' writes FFAW_Unifor president Greg Pretty.
'Year after year, DFO sits like toddlers with their fingers in their ears and their eyes scrunched closed, stuck on the idea that what hundreds of fish harvesters are seeing is simply wrong'A crate full of frozen mackerel is ready to be placed inside the traps. - SaltWire Network fileMinister Joyce Murray closed the Atlantic mackerel fishery in 2022 because DFO Science argues the stock has declined.
Harvesters have presented their observations and reasoning at assessment and management meetings, but DFO does not acknowledge that these observations are valid or admit that the mountains of collected evidence challenge DFO’s assessment of Atlantic mackerel.This is not the first time we’ve raised the issue with DFO – senior staff within the department are very well-versed on the Atlantic mackerel fishery.
It’s one thing down to shut a fishery down when it’s not doing well. While it can be hard to swallow, harvesters acknowledge it must be done and are often the ones raising the alarm before DFO Science, as was the case back with northern cod.Citing large population numbers, FFAW-Unifor calls for changes to moratorium on mackerel fishing
Fish harvesters in N.K. have been seeing year-over-year increases in mackerel for the past several years, all while DFO models show that the stock has continued to decline. Yet year after year, DFO sits like toddlers with their fingers in their ears and their eyes scrunched closed, stuck on the idea that what hundreds of fish harvesters are seeing is simply wrong.Minister Joyce Murray must look at all the facts. She must listen to the thousands of people who spend their lives on the water.
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