First Nations group criticizes federal fish policies, conflict of interest in B.C.

First Nations group criticizes federal fish policies, conflict of interest in B.C.

Source: ctvnews

2/12/2024

First Nations group criticizes federal fish policies, conflict of interest in B.C.

Credit: Spencer Colby

An Indigenous-led group is criticizing what it says is the “gross mismanagement” of aquaculture in British Columbia by the Fisheries Department, as it calls for a separation of its regulatory and promotional responsibilities.

The First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance says the department is mired in conflict of interest stemming from its dual role, which the group's chairman Bob Chamberlin described as like “marking your own homework.”

Chamberlin says the group wants the department to stick to its primary obligation of looking after the environment and fisheries, and to implement “a truly independent” scientific body to help inform government decisions affecting marine life in B.C.

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