Legislation increasing protection for fish and habitat clears Senate | CBC News
Trudeau government legislation that enshrines the independence
of Atlantic Canada’s inshore fishing fleets and enhances protections for
fish stocks and fish habitat has cleared the Senate.
of Atlantic Canada’s inshore fishing fleets and enhances protections for
fish stocks and fish habitat has cleared the Senate.
The news is a relief to Martin Mallet.
“This
is great news. We’ve been waiting for this for a long while,”
said Mallet, executive director of the Maritime Fishermen’s Union.
Inshore fishery associations like his lobbied hard for Bill C-68, which overhauls the Fisheries Act.
Note: Legislation increasing protection for fish and habitat clears Senate except for the Shubenacadie River where they have proposed a Fishery Act exemption to kill everything that lives.