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Canada's Forage Fish Report Reveals Mounting Ocean Risks: Herring, Capelin, and Mackerel Have Collapsed
Oceana Canada says only 3 of 16 stocks are healthy and urges legal protections, science-based limits and Indigenous Knowledge in fisheries management.
- On Tuesday, Oceana Canada released a national assessment of 16 federally managed forage fish stocks, urging Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson to strengthen protections for foundational ocean species.
- The report, 'Little Being, Big Foundation,' reveals that more than 80 per cent of forage fish populations are unhealthy, with only three stocks protected under the Fisheries Act.
- Statistics Canada analysis found Canada's oceans provided more than $7.1 billion in ecosystem services in 2023, yet only 13 per cent of landings came from healthy stocks in 2025.
- Oceana Canada calls on Thompson to implement science-based guardrails, extend legal protections to all 16 stocks, and pair Western science with Indigenous Knowledge Systems within two years.
- Successful recovery of Atlantic mackerel and Pacific herring demonstrates that abundance returns when management aligns with science, law, and policy to restore vibrant, healthy oceans.
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Waterloo ChronicleCanada’s Forage Fish Report Reveals Mounting Ocean Risks: Herring, Capelin, and Mackerel Have Collapsed
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People, May 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new Oceana Canada report, Little Being, Big Foundation, delivers the first national assessment of 16 federally managed forage fish stocks…
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