Council responds to DFO on increased marine protection, today in The Watershed:
https://www.lionsbaywatershed.ca/post/council-responds-to-dfo
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Council Responds to DFO
New protections set for local marine refugesFisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is setting new boundaries for local marine refuges, and residents and protectors of Átl'ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound get to have a say. The Marine Conservations Target Initiatives Update (MCTIU), which can be read HERE, was developed and released this fall by DFO in order to receive First Nations and other stakeholder input on the Glass Sponge Reef-Rockfish Conservation Area (GSR-RCA) project, along with a similar project in
