Stuck at the pier, B.C. fishermen fume as their Americans counterparts fish

Stuck at the pier, B.C. fishermen fume as their Americans counterparts fish

Source: national observer

8/25/2022

Credit: Marc Fawcett-Atkinson/National Observer

Commercial salmon fishers and environmentalists are crying foul — for opposite reasons — after U.S. fisheries officials let American fishers hit the water while the Canadian government kept their counterparts ashore.

After several years of historically low runs, the Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC), an international fisheries management organization, estimated last week that enough sockeye — about 4.4 million — would return to the Fraser River to support a commercial fishery.