Nanoose Streamkeepers

With the arrival last night of 3 seine boats off the shores of Lantzville looking to catch Herring now is the time to see a closure on all Herring fishing within the Salish Sea. We talk of the Orca not being able to find enough Chinook while we still deplete the Herring stocks one of the main foods for Chinook. We cannot keep taking the adults in the winter for meal for fish farms then again in the new year for the Roe kill fishery. All first nations around the Salish Sea need to stand together with the support of all others to call on the federal government to stop this the one most destructive fishery we have. No Herring no fish , the Salish Sea is an important rearing and spawning area for many species that rely on the abundance of herring both adults and the young . When our young fry leave the rivers and streams they need those young Herring to feed on. I uno Herring they feed on other less abundant forage fish further depleting those stocks until the day when we see a collapse and closure of all fisheries both commercial and sport. Time for action . Please pass this along to all bands and all public fishing sites. Research and educate to the dangers of this destructive fishery for all species us included.