Commercial fishermen are appealing for major changes to the native food fishery, which they believe amounts to a second fishing season that threatens the Maritime industry. The Maritime Fisherman's ...

Non-aboriginal fishermen aren’t the only ones who resent being kept off the water when First Nations are conducting a commercial fishery. As a Matsqui First Nation BC Supreme Court civil suit filed ...

A federal government policy that restricts commercial salmon fishing to native people during specific periods is a legitimate "political choice" and does not violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ...

Aboriginal-only fisheries programs do not discriminate against non-native commercial fisherman, a B.C. Supreme Court has ruled. But Justice Donald Brenner said that while the practice does not violate ...

The fight for fishing rights in B.C. waters is at its most ferocious when the salmon are scarce. This fall, hungry grizzlies are having to get in line behind the gillnetters, sports fishermen and ...

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This year's sockeye salmon return in B.C.'s Lower Mainland was higher than almost anyone anticipated. (SkeenaWild/Derek Flynn - image credit) B.C. fishermen are having mixed reactions to this year's ...

In January, a coalition of scientists from various academic and conservation organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) asking the agency to take action on an unexpected ...