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New minister urged to restrict fishing licences in B.C. to active fishers
May 2025
The Atlantic provinces have had owner-operator licensing restrictions for years to protect fishing communities.
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This Vancouver seafood company helps sell B.C. fish to B.C. consumers. It's a rarity
February 2025
Skipper Otto sources B.C. seafood from B.C. fishers to sell to B.C. consumers. That concept shouldn't be so revolutionary, says CEO Sonia Strobel.
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Opinion: Changes to B.C.'s commercial fishery would allow working harvesters to make a decent living
July 2024
Opinion: Under B.C.'s licensing system, which is radically different from the one in place on Canada’s East Coast, harvester-owned businesses and First Nations are priced out of the market
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B.C. marine strategy calls for new rules on who gets fishing quotas
July 2024
The B.C. government’s newly announced marine strategy includes recommendations that will restrict corporate entities from buying Pacific...
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You’re Young and Want to Make It Fishing? Good Luck
March 2024
BC’s independent owner-operators are being priced out by big money. What needs to change?
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Feds must fix unfair West Coast fishing rules: House committee
January 2024
Federal inaction means West Coast harvesters still flounder with unfair fishing regulations, says a parliamentary committee.