IronNoggin
10-04-2022, 03:46 PM
Fisheries department doesn’t adequately protect species at risk, environment commissioner’s report says
Fisheries and Oceans Canada does not adequately protect aquatic species at risk, and demonstrates a bias against protecting species bearing commercial value, said Jerry DeMarco, commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, in a report tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons.
Though the Species At Risk Act entered into force in 2004, the department has not yet provided listing advice for half of the species assessed as being at risk. (It still hasn’t provided advice on whether Atlantic cod – populations of which crashed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, leading to a fishing moratorium – should be listed.) It also hasn’t published any scientific reports on 13 of the 15 species that fall under its direct responsibility.
The department’s approach has led to significant delays in listing at-risk species, the report stated.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-fisheries-department-species-at-risk/
Fisheries and Oceans Canada does not adequately protect aquatic species at risk, and demonstrates a bias against protecting species bearing commercial value, said Jerry DeMarco, commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, in a report tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons.
Though the Species At Risk Act entered into force in 2004, the department has not yet provided listing advice for half of the species assessed as being at risk. (It still hasn’t provided advice on whether Atlantic cod – populations of which crashed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, leading to a fishing moratorium – should be listed.) It also hasn’t published any scientific reports on 13 of the 15 species that fall under its direct responsibility.
The department’s approach has led to significant delays in listing at-risk species, the report stated.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-fisheries-department-species-at-risk/