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Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Recover Capelin and Northern Cod by Pausing the Commercial Capelin Fishery

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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They are also important for local food consumption and culture including the annual capelin roll spectacle.”

Key Points: 
  • They are also important for local food consumption and culture including the annual capelin roll spectacle.”
    Connection to Cod: The economic viability of a future cod fishery depends on recovering capelin as a source of food.
  • In DFO’s recent northern cod science assessment, the availability of capelin was identified as the single biggest factor impeding its recovery.
  • Northern cod and capelin populations have stabilized at low levels since 2017, meaning that more capelin is needed for cod to grow.
  • By restoring Canada’s oceans, we can strengthen our communities, reap greater economic and nutritional benefits and protect our future.

USDA Forest Service and National Alliance of Forest Owners agree to enhance cooperation during wildfires

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Monday, March 27, 2023
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WASHINGTON, March 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and the National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) announced today a memorandum of understanding creating a partnership to enhance cooperation between private working forest owners and public land managers during wildfires.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, March 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and the National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) announced today a memorandum of understanding creating a partnership to enhance cooperation between private working forest owners and public land managers during wildfires.
  • Federal, state and private forest owners and managers have a shared stewardship responsibility to protect natural resources and the communities that depend on them.
  • “To protect communities, critical infrastructure, and natural resources from the threat of wildfires, we must work alongside partners at all levels,” said Forest Service Chief Randy Moore.
  • The USDA Forest Service and NAFO members—with significant holdings in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington—are partnering to allow private resources to fight fire in areas of adjacent ownership with National Forest System lands.

Oceana Canada: Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray’s failure to protect capelin risks the health of the ocean and the fisheries that depend on it

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Friday, June 3, 2022
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Continued overfishing is a short-sighted decision that undermines the long-term socio-economic value of the fishery and fails to protect the health and abundance of the ocean.

Key Points: 
  • Continued overfishing is a short-sighted decision that undermines the long-term socio-economic value of the fishery and fails to protect the health and abundance of the ocean.
  • Minister Murray has committed to rebuilding depleted forage fish through this years decisions on the Atlantic herring and mackerel fisheries.
  • Todays decision on capelin fails to follow this precedent and knowingly continues overfishing a critically depleted population.
  • In a few short weeks, nearly 20,000 people have added their voices to help end the overfishing of capelin.

Government of Canada takes critical step to rebuilding fish stocks

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Thursday, April 28, 2022
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Under Canada's Fisheries Act, modernized in 2019, the Government of Canada has taken steps to promote healthier marine ecosystems and more sustainable fish stocks across the country.

Key Points: 
  • Under Canada's Fisheries Act, modernized in 2019, the Government of Canada has taken steps to promote healthier marine ecosystems and more sustainable fish stocks across the country.
  • "It is absolutely critical that Canada's fish stocks be restored, and Canada has made it a legal requirement.
  • The Fish Stocks provisions currently apply to 30 major fish stocks, 16 of which require rebuilding.
  • Under the Fish Stocks provisions, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is required to develop and implement rebuilding plans for the following depleted stocks within the next 24-36 months: Atlantic cod (3 stocks), Atlantic herring, Chinook salmon (2 stocks), Coho salmon, Pacific Herring, American Plaice, Winter flounder, and White hake.

Oceana Canada finds capelin to be critically depleted and overfished, calls for a fishery closure to help rebuild the population

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022
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Heavy fishing pressure on this collapsed population causes harm to the ecosystem and contributes to a poor outlook for the future of this fishery.

Key Points: 
  • Heavy fishing pressure on this collapsed population causes harm to the ecosystem and contributes to a poor outlook for the future of this fishery.
  • Oceana Canada is calling on DFO to close the fishery until it can demonstrate the population is growing out of the critical zone.
  • Future harvest levels, once the population recovers, must take into consideration the essential contributions capelin play as prey for other species, including critically depleted northern cod.
  • The 2021 quota was still higher than this critically depleted population can withstand, preventing population recovery.

Government of Canada welcomes Canada's newest fishery officers

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Thursday, December 16, 2021
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REGINA, SK, Dec. 16, 2021 /CNW/ - Fisheries and Oceans Canada is proud to welcome the latest troop of graduates to the ranks of Canada's contingent of over 600 fishery officers.

Key Points: 
  • REGINA, SK, Dec. 16, 2021 /CNW/ - Fisheries and Oceans Canada is proud to welcome the latest troop of graduates to the ranks of Canada's contingent of over 600 fishery officers.
  • Canada's fishery officers are professionally trained peace officers working in communities across our country to conserve and protect our freshwater and marine fisheries resources and habitats.
  • Having completed their formal training, the new officers will now undergo 30 months of practical training in Fisheries and Oceans Canada field offices across Canada.
  • For more information on what it takes to become a fishery officer, please visit:
    Not your nine-to-five desk job: Why fishery officers love what they do
    "Congratulations to the graduates of the DFO Fishery Officer Career Progression Program.

AWC, NAFO, SLMA Statement on Sustainability Executive Order

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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Wood Council, National Alliance of Forest Owners and Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association issued a joint statement on President Biden's Executive Order, Catalyzing America's Clean Energy Economy Through Federal Sustainability.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Wood Council, National Alliance of Forest Owners and Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association issued a joint statement on President Biden's Executive Order, Catalyzing America's Clean Energy Economy Through Federal Sustainability.
  • "We applaud the President for harnessing the federal government to lead the way in transforming the built environment to net-zero.
  • The Federal Sustainability Plan appropriately recognizes the role of life cycle analysis (LCA) in making choices that can reduce emissions.
  • Modern forest management in the United States ensures some of the highest sustainability standards in the world.