The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), a group that sets standards for sustainable seafood practices, has judged BC Sockeye fishing as sustainable.
If certified this would include Fraser Sockeye, a fish stock that has never seen lower returns - some even deeming the market as completely collapsed.
The fisheries assessment has yet to be certified by MSC, there is a 15 day period to file complaints with the review panel concerning the report found here.
Already the Watershed Watch Salmon Society, David Suzuki Foundation, Skeena Wild Conservation Trust and the Headwaters Initiative have opposed the certification.
For more from the Globe and Mail
Still more on the fragile nature between Sockeye fishing and capital inflow can be seen in the movie Red Gold, a documentary on Bristol Bay's mining/fishing conflict.
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