| Environment commissioner warns Canada failing to protect commercially valuable fish | |
| By Mia Rabson |
Source: global news |
10/4/2022 |
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Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press |
The federal government is biased against listing commercially valuable fish as species at risk and needing protection, environment commissioner Jerry DeMarco said in a new audit published on Tuesday.
The audit of Canada’s efforts to protect aquatic species at risk was one of six new environmental reports tabled in the House of Commons. |
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It found Fisheries and Oceans Canada was very slow to act when the national committee that is responsible for assessing whether species need protection says a particular aquatic creature or plant is in danger.
And when that assessment relates to a fish with significant commercial value, the department’s default appears to be against listing the fish as needing special protection. |
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