Stakeholders say memos show DFO ‘misled’ public over fishery closure

By Brandon Barrett
Debacle is proof of industry’s growing influence over fisheries: Watershed Watch

Internal memos acquired through an Access to Information request suggest that Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) misinformed the public over the sudden closure of a commercial fishery in Squamish this summer, the Watershed Watch Salmon Society claims. “The media, the public, stakeholders, everybody had been purposefully misled by the DFO,” said Watershed Watch executive director Aaron Hill.…

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January 27, 2016

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