Canada: Fraser River sockeye sustainability under review

Globe and Mail: The London-based Marine Stewardship Council has certified sockeye salmon from three B.C. fisheries --Skeena, Nass and Barkley Sound -- as meeting the MSC standard for a sustainably-managed fishery. The Fraser River Sockeye fishery remains under review. The MSC had been considering certification of B.C.'s entire salmon fishery, divided by the MSC into four geographic areas, but held back on certifying the Fraser River run after stakeholders -- including the Watershed Watch ......

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