The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 ‘It’s collapsing’: B.C. First Nations, Pacific Wild warn of herring population decline amid commercial fishery https://thenarwhal.ca/pacific-herring-populations-collapsing-first-nations-report/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 19:28:12 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=27413 Advocates are calling for a moratorium on the province's last-remaining commercial fishery for herring, a declining food source for at-risk chinook salmon which, in turn, feed endangered killer whales Cara McKenna News B.C. Endangered Species fishing herring Indigenous Oceans salmon wildlife An aerial view of two herring fishing boats in dark water Closing Canadian fisheries would help rebuild stocks and lead to economic gains: study https://thenarwhal.ca/canadian-fisheries-rebound-species-study/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:42:54 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=21642 Analysis shows temporarily stopping fishing would lead to gains of up to 10 times above the status quo after 30 years Matt Simmons News Atlantic Canada B.C. Chinook salmon fishing herring salmon solutions wildlife Herring boats Strait of Georgie Key monitoring of herring near Haida Gwaii cancelled due to coronavirus https://thenarwhal.ca/key-monitoring-of-herring-near-haida-gwaii-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus/ Tue, 12 May 2020 00:50:23 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=18732 The federal government axed seasonal dive surveys of endangered pacific herring off the B.C. coast, where the species has suffered worrying declines in recent decades Natalia Balcerzak News coronavirus herring Oceans wildlife Herring roe Ian McAllister Feds called on to enforce emergency closure of B.C.’s last herring fishery https://thenarwhal.ca/feds-called-on-to-enforce-emergency-closure-of-b-c-s-last-herring-fishery/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:45:50 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=14849 New data released from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans reveals another massive annual decline of herring — a primary food source for endangered Chinook salmon — in the Strait of Georgia Sarah Cox News Chinook salmon Department of Fisheries and Oceans herring salmon Strait of Georgia An aerial view of two herring fishing boats in dark water B.C.’s last great herring fishery https://thenarwhal.ca/b-cs-last-great-herring-fishery/ Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:44:43 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=10635 The Georgia Strait is home to one of the few remaining industrial herring fisheries on the Pacific coast of North America. It's now the frontline in a battle to protect this oft-overlooked species from becoming slurry to feed pets and farmed salmon Christopher Pollon On the ground herring Oceans salmon wildlife