Three Northwest area First Nations are calling for Canada to step up and protect their constitutional rights to fish.
Earlier this month, a report from SkeenaWild and the Watershed Watch Salmon Society revealed troubling information regarding Alaskan fisheries.
That report found that more than 800,000 Canada-bound sockeye were harvested in Alaska last year alone.
That news comes after years of restrictions being imposed on Canadian fishers and First Nations to help regrow dwindling salmon populations.
Now, the Gitxsan, Gitanyow, and Wet’suwet’en First Nations are calling for Canada to take action to stop this trend.
They are calling for Ottawa to convene an emergency meeting of the Pacific Salmon Commission, to address the issue prior to the opening of the 2022 season.
Canada and the US manage the cross-management of salmon populations via the Pacific Salmon Treaty, a historically crticized document.
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