DFO Killing Off West Coast Cod, er, Salmon

Here is the Abstract of the Paper that showed that DFO killed off east coast cod. This is so relevant because they have been killing off west coast salmon for the past 50 years:

"Government-administered science in Canada, and its potential for bureaucratic and political interference, merits examination in the wake of the biological and socioeconomic catastrophes associated with recent fishery collapses. We cite specific research on Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) habitat to illustrate how nonscience influences can interfere with the dissemination of scientific information and the conduct of science in the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The present framework for linking fisheries science with fisheries management has permitted, intentionally or unintentionally, a suppression of scientific uncertainty and a failure to document comprehensively legitimate differences in scientific opinion. We suggest that the conservation of natural resources is not facilitated by science integrated within a political body. The formation of a politically independent organization of fisheries scientists, or some such reorganization of the link between scientific research and the management of natural resources, merits serious and open debate."

The journal: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volume 54, Number 5

1 May 1997

The Authors:

Authors: J A Hutchings, C Walters, and R L HaedrichAUTHORS INFO & AFFILIATIONS Publication: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences • 1 May 1997 • https://doi.org/10.1139/f97-051.