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House Hansard - 30

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 14, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 30 - Feb/14/22
Hon. Joyce Murray (Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Lib.)
  • Feb/14/22 2:49:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on the Pacific coast we are facing an absolute crisis in our wild Pacific salmon. Salmon feed on herring, and the herring stocks are very fragile to begin with. I took a more precautionary approach to the herring fishery this year, so that we could protect wild salmon and rebuild the herring stock to its former abundance.
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