Lana Popham the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, along with Fin Donnely issued a joint statement on the day highlighting many of the important aspects Wild Salmon across British Columbia.
“Wild Pacific salmon are an iconic species that mean many different things to British Columbians. They are culturally significant to B.C.’s Indigenous communities, contribute to our province’s food security and are the economic backbone of many coastal communities, providing good jobs throughout B.C.
As we recognize B.C. Wild Salmon Day, we take great pride in celebrating how many people in our province are committed to helping protect and revitalize B.C.’s wild salmon populations. There are British Columbians who dedicate their careers to wild salmon, volunteer their time and effort to help restore habitat in watersheds in their communities or share information and engage others in the value of healthy rivers, lakes and streams.
We want to both recognize and thank each one of them for making a difference."
The full statement which you can review here, also provides some background on some of the environmental challenges facing Wild Salmon, as well as some of the measures the provincial and Federal governments have taken on to address some of those issue.
Last week, we provided a look at an extensive study put together by UFAWU-Unifor, the report coming out of their State of the Fishery discussions held in January of this year.
The Report titled the Future of Commercial Salmon Fishing included a range of recommendations towards both fishing habitat and improving conditions in the fishery to ensure a vibrant commercial sector for the province in the future.
For more notes on the BC Fishery see our archive page here.
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