Canada's herring facing ‘biological decimation’, say First Nations and activists

Herring off western coast will teeter on edge of complete collapse' if commercial fishing continues at current level, says report

First Nations and conservationists are warning that Pacific herring populations are collapsing" off Canada's western coast, and are appealing for a moratorium on commercial fishing until the critical species can rebuild.

Emmie Page, a marine campaigner with the organization Pacific Wild, said in the past, five large commercial herring fisheries opened each year on the coast.