“We have a responsibility to take no action today that will compromise the ecological integrity of an area in the future."
Unlocking Our Potential for Abundant Oceans:
Canada's Performance from 2017-2021
Canada is failing our marine fisheries. After a half decade, little has changed on the water.
Voices
Experts Speak Out – Loud and Clear
“Canadian fisheries management must emphasize rebuilding depleted fish populations to healthy levels."
“My family’s fishing enterprise was passed down from my grandfather. So I stick with this, everything he worked for would stay in the family."
Numbers
THE PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS
Science, monitoring and management indicators are used to assess fisheries management and determine progress toward restoring ocean abundance.
Science
How healthy are stocks today and how different factors will affect them in the future.
Monitoring
Determine how many fish are
harvested and discarded
each year.
Management
Based on data that consider the entire ecosystem and prioritize long-term health.
Map
MAPPING THE MOST
DANGEROUSLY DEPLETED STOCKS
In 2021, DFO published plans for two critically depleted stocks: Atlantic mackerel and the iconic northern cod. But, just like the other plans that were released from 2017-2021, the new plans lack adequate timelines and the targets required to help these populations recover to healthy levels.
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PLAN IN PLACE
COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP PLAN
NO PLAN
Solutions
Change is needed
The need for science-based precautionary fisheries management has never been greater – to build resiliency, hedge against climate change risks and create a thriving ocean economy.
Make the Next Five Years Count
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Pass strong Fisheries Act rebuilding regulations
Integrate ocean ecosystem considerations
Make decisions about wild fish based on science and Indigenous Knowledge
Count everything caught in a fishery