“The ‘Liberal’ government is proposing Race-Based Salmon fishing closures. Non-‘indigenous’ British Columbians could soon be restricted from fishing recreationally in South Vancouver Island and the Fraser Mouth.
This is what Canada’s federal government is proposing to end:
“Salmon is a common property resource that is managed by the federal government on behalf of all Canadians, both present and future.”
“B.C.’s recreational and sportfishing community is up in arms over a potential change to how the Province allocates Pacific salmon stock, which proposes eliminating the principle that salmon are a public resource.
“British Columbia’s salmon allocation policy (SAP) was created in 1999 to guide {Segregate} the allocation and priority of allowable Pacific salmon harvest among ‘First Nations’ {Indian tribes/Bands}, as well as commercial and recreational harvest groups.
“However, in 2018, the B.C. Supreme Court determined that SAP violated the {Racist} ‘constitutional rights’ of five Nuu-chah-nulth ‘First Nations’ concerning a limited, multi-species commercial fishery. This ruling highlighted that the existing policy prioritized recreational fishing over the ‘First Nations’ right to sell chinook and coho salmon.
{Why would they have this ‘right’ since they never sold fish commercially before the arrival of Europeans?}
“In response, the government began a process to reform SAP and accommodate these {Race} rights. Since 2023, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has been conducting consultations across the province with ‘First Nations’ and commercial and recreational fishing stakeholders on what these changes to the SAP would entail.
“Among several proposed changes, the DFO has suggested removing the public’s priority access to chinook and coho, which are the most important salmon species for recreational fishing in B.C., according to the recreational fishing industry. Under the proposed changes, recreational fisheries would lose priority to not only recognized ‘First Nations’ fisheries but also to all commercial fisheries, notes the website FishingRights.ca {https://www.fishingrights.ca/}, created by the BC Wildlife Federation and Sport Fishing Institute of B.C. to raise awareness about the potential changes to SAP.
“This proposal would apply regardless of stock abundance or the economic benefits generated by recreational fishing, resulting in fewer opportunities for B.C.’s families, tourists, and coastal residents to benefit from essential, reliable access to a common property resource”,
states the website.
“Owen Bird, executive director with the Sport Fishing Institute of BC, told the Mirror the issue isn’t with including court-defined rights and treaty-based commercial fisheries for the Nuu-chah-nulth ‘First Nations’, but rather the unpredictability that will come with removing the sector’s priority access to chinook and coho. The recreational fishery, which includes the individuals, communities, and businesses that rely on it, depends on certainty, stability and predictable access to chinook and coho salmon that the existing SAP provides, Bird said.
“You don’t want to be in a position where you say, ‘You can catch this many fish, in this particular area, and then close the fishery once that number is reached’.”
“It would become difficult, for example, for tourists to plan a fishing trip because by the time the trip comes around, the fishery could be closed to recreational fishing, he said.
“Bird noted that commercial fisheries, which, under the proposed changes, would be given priority access, export a substantial portion of their catch outside of British Columbia. In contrast, the recreational fishery contributes nearly $1.3 billion in economic activity to the province, supports 9,100 direct jobs and adds $624 million to B.C.’s GDP. Surveys and research show that the opportunity to fish for chinook and coho drives roughly 75% of all recreational fishing activity and is the driver of economic benefits and jobs that come from the sector.
“The recreational community is saying, ‘Look, the 1999 policy was working, go ahead and add the {Segregationist} court-defined treaty-based ‘First Nations’ commercial fisheries, and let’s carry on’.”
{Everyone’s just trying to save what they can from the advance of Race-Based government policy but it’s mostly doomed to failure. As long as the perverse injustice of Racial privilege is considered O.K. by most Canadians, things will only continue to get worse. A modern, truly-progressive nation does not have special rights for racial, religious or linguistic groups…as are now contained in the Canadian Constitution.}
“In Winter Harbour, a settlement about 41 kilometres from Vancouver Island’s most northwest tip, Greg Vance has owned and operated ‘The Outpost’ at the local general store and marine fuel facility for 23 years.
“Make no mistake, our operation would be at serious risk in terms of outright viability if chinook and coho rules were changed”,
Vance said.
“We have already seen the effects of the virtual closure of the commercial troll fishery as well as the very punitive effects of rockfish closures and restrictive halibut retention limits.”
“The economy in Winter Harbour is now almost completely dependent on recreational fishing, and salmon is at the core of all of that, he said. Winter Harbour has only 35 full-time residents, but thousands of anglers from all over the world flock to the community annually for the fishing opportunities and the exceptional natural beauty.
“The proposed change would be a mistake of epic proportions and would have massive repercussions to not only for Winter Harbour but also for the entire North Island and southwest coast”,
he said…
“Public feedback link {Now closed but plenty of comments to read}:
https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2026/2026-03-07/html/reg2-eng.html
–‘B.C.’s sport fishing industry balks at salmon re-allocation that could put it last’,
Robin Grant, Campbell River Mirror, January 16, 2026
https://campbellrivermirror.com/2026/01/16/b-c-s-sport-fishing-industry-balks-at-salmon-re-allocation-that-could-put-it-last/
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VIDEO: ‘Sport fishing on the chopping block as Ottawa rewrites salmon rules’
“Fishing advocates in B.C. warn the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ proposed salmon allocation policy changes could hand control to commercial operations and First Nations while cutting out a $1.27 billion recreational industry in the province.”
https://x.com/i/status/2019483112976314766
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“Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is considering eliminating the principle that salmon are a public resource to be managed for the benefit of all Canadians in its new ‘Salmon Allocation Policy’.
“‘First Nations’ are asking DFO to eliminate this principle from the policy that will guide allocation of salmon among ‘First Nations’ Food, Ceremonial and Social fisheries, ‘First Nations’ treaty-based fisheries, non-‘Indigenous’ recreational fishers, and commercial fisheries.
“The changes proposed are a radical shift in the principles that govern conservation and access to public resources, removing existing recreational fishing opportunities, and curtailing public access to salmon.
“Learn more here:
“Read the DFO discussion paper here: ‘Fisheries and Oceans Canada Discussion Paper’
Background:
“Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is reviewing Canada’s Salmon Allocation Policy (SAP), which is used to prioritize allocation of the Pacific salmon harvest among recreational fishers, commercial fishers, and ‘First Nations’.
“The federal government’s current Salmon Allocation Policy maintains,
“Salmon is a common property resource that is managed by the federal government on behalf of all Canadians, both present and future.”
“The Common Property Resource principle has guided public resource management for hundreds of years, with roots dating back to the Magna Carta common law of 1215. In current practice, it holds that salmon belong to all Canadians.
“Removing the principle of common property would shift public access to fishing from a federal, conservation-based management approach to an optional privilege granted by ‘First Nations’. Non-‘Indigenous’ {most} Canadians would be last in line for fishing opportunities under this approach.
“Extinguishing the rights of Canadians to a shared public resource is unacceptable and likely irreversible”,
said Zeman.
“The public right to fish is cherished by Canadians. I cannot conceive of a world where I can’t take my children out to fish, let alone their children. A right lost will be lost forever.”
“DFO is also being pushed to remove the public’s priority access to Chinook and coho salmon, the most important salmon species for recreational fishing on the West Coast. Recreational fishing supports more than 9,000 jobs and $1.275 billion in revenue in B.C., far more than commercial fisheries.
“The Sport Fishing Advisory Board, which includes the BCWF, is strongly opposed to these changes. While Aboriginal and treaty rights take priority {Why? Why should that racial privilege be tolerated?}, the Public Right to Fish should not be infringed or extinguished by Aboriginal rights.
“We are calling on all Canadians to let DFO know that their rights are not to be bargained away”,
said Zeman.
“This is a life-or-death situation for coastal communities and a radical change to the principles that govern conservation of public resources. Alarm bells should be ringing from coast to coast.”
“BCWF supports a modernized SAP that reflects the needs of all Canadians.
…
“The B.C. Wildlife Federation supports these principles for consideration by the federal government as it pursues a modernized Salmon Allocation Policy:
–No allocation for any group should put conservation objectives at risk.
–Salmon is a common property resource that is managed by the federal government on behalf of all Canadians, both present and future.
–We define priority for the purposes of fisheries allocation as “the priority of consideration”, meaning no group should be excluded from access to shared resources such as salmon. While Aboriginal and treaty rights take priority {No, not in a modern nation. Stop compromising with racial injustice!}, the SFAB asserts that the Public Right to Fish should not be infringed or extinguished by Aboriginal {Race} rights.
–We support priority for ‘First Nations’ Food, Social and Ceremonial fisheries and ‘Indigenous’ rights-based commercial fisheries, consistent with the Constitution and relevant decisions by Canadian courts {Again – NO. Stop compromising with racial injustice!}.
–A ‘modernized’ {If it is segregated, then it is NOT ‘modern’} SAP must recognize that access to most salmon stocks is constrained by by-catch and incidental mortality limits for stocks of conservation concern.
—Hook-and-line fishing by the public is highly selective and consistent with conservation objectives.
“The BCWF is a key stakeholder on the Sport Fishing Advisory Board and helped support the legal costs associated with the SFAB analysis.”
Read the full document at the link below:
–‘Take Action Now Before Your Rights are Extinguished Forever’,
B.C. Wildlife Federation, January 12, 2026
“A B.C. ‘First Nation’ has issued a strongly-worded response to suggestions a proposal for a revised salmon allocation plan could ‘extinguish’ the public’s right to fish coho and chinook. The response, issued Jan. 27 on behalf of Chief Brandy Lauder and Council of the Port Alberni-based Hupacasath ‘First Nation’ {a ‘nation’ of 384 people}, states a discussion paper that came under fire from the B.C. Wildlife Federation at no point proposes the elimination of the recreational fishery.
{Nor did the BCWF suggest such a thing. They were talking about potential {unintended?} consequences. Straw Man #1.}
“It also states suggestions that proposed changes to the SAP would transfer authority over public access to the ‘First Nations’, or that that ‘First Nations’ are seeking to shut down the recreational fishery, are false.
{Straw Man #2. No such things were suggested. Again, they were talking about possible consequences of the changes.}
“Access is, and would remain, under federal authority.
{And no one has said otherwise.}
“‘First Nations’ are seeking the removal of the term “common property resource” because of demonstrable harm it has caused {? Then demonstrate these ‘harms’}, including the repeated misuse to deny ‘Indigenous’ rights and justify the dispossession of ‘our fisheries’,”
it states.
{And there you have it – they claim the fisheries are ‘theirs’ and not belonging to the citizens of British Columbia. This type of issue is where Race Based Law slaps “non- ‘Indigenous’” Canadians in their virtue-signalling faces. It’s wake up time…}
“Removing this language would not grant ‘First Nations’ authority over public access to salmon {No, but that IS your end game}. Authority would remain with the federal government, under the “Fisheries Act”, informed by a modernized SAP.”
–‘B.C. First Nation calls salmon plan fears misleading’,
Comox Valley Record, January 22, 2026
https://comoxvalleyrecord.com/2026/01/22/update-b-c-first-nation-calls-salmon-plan-fears-misleading/
VIDEO:
https://x.com/i/status/2056426207013408886
“The Nuu-chah-nulth are an alliance of 14 related ‘Indigenous’ (sic, Aboriginal} ‘nations’ {sic, Tribes/Bands} whose {claimed} ‘traditional territories’ span the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.”
Nuu-chah-nulth:
Ahousaht ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 2,195 people}
Ditidaht ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 782 people}
Ehattesaht ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 491 people}
Hesquiaht ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 733 people}
Hupacasath ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 328 people}
Huu-ay-aht ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 719 people}
Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’/Che:k:tles7et’h’ (Kyuquot/Cheklesaht) ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 582 people}
Mowachaht/Muchalaht ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 603 people}
Nuchatlaht ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 163 people}
Tla-o-qui-aht ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 1,155 people}
Toquaht ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 156 people}
Tse-shaht ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 1,216 people}
Uchucklesaht ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 228 people}
Ucluelet (Yuu-cluth-aht) ‘First Nation’, {a ‘nation’ of 678 people}
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See also:
Our Racially-Segregated Fishery — from 2012:
‘Salmon inquiry ignores native poaching‘
“A 2006 Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) intelligence report code-named “Project Ice Storm” found about two million pounds of Fraser sockeye ended up in commercial cold storage facilities in the Vancouver area in a year when there were no commercial fisheries, only ‘First Nations’ food, social and ceremonial (FSC) fishing. That’s about 500,000 sockeye worth about $15-million.
“The FSC ‘FIRST NATIONS’ FISHERY ON THE LOWER FRASER RIVER IS LARGELY OUT OF CONTROL”,
concluded that report.
“Various levels of sophistication exist in THE LAUNDERING OF ‘FIRST NATIONS’ FSC SALMON INTO COMMERCIAL MARKETS”,
it says, concluding that
“BACK-DOOR SALES TO RESTAURANTS AND FISH-SALE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE.”
“The group that is clearly disappointed with the Cohen commission is the ‘B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition’, led by Phil Eidsvik, a commercial fisherman and former candidate for the federal ‘Conservatives’. For years, one of Eidsvik’s chief concerns has been that FISHERIES OFFICIALS TURN A BLIND EYE TO ILLEGAL FISHING BY ‘FIRST NATIONS’. He was hoping that Cohen would set the stage for putting a stop to that, but from the get-go Eidsvik has had concerns that conflicts of interest might compromise the commission’s work. ITS CHIEF SCIENTIST, appointed by Cohen, was David Levy. He HAS A LONG HISTORY OF INVOLVEMENT WITH ‘FIRST NATIONS’ FISHERIES…
“The Cohen commission heard testimony from DFO officers that AS MUCH AS 97% OF THE ‘FIRST NATIONS’ FSC CATCH MAY FIND ITS WAY INTO THE BLACK MARKET and get sold illegally.
“Cohen had no hesitation to place the burden of proof squarely on the shoulders of the foreign-owned fish farms to demonstrate that they do not pose a serious threat to Fraser sockeye. That’s fine. It’s a shame that Cohen didn’t tell the ‘First Nations’ the same thing.”
–‘Salmon inquiry ignores native poaching’, Vivian Krause, Financial Post, 12/11/05
(Vivian Krause is a Vancouver-based writer who has worked in the salmon-farming industry.)
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2012/11/05/salmon-inquiry-ignores-native-poaching/
COMMENT: “I know it’s all a delicate topic, but the reality for me is that the ills of our forefathers when they came to Canada are part of history, irreversible, over, and behind us. They should no longer be my burden in my own quest to survive.
“These problems will simply never end until there is equality among all Canadians.
“Most of all, I’m so disappointed that the Natives are now Canada’s sacred cow. They go out in power boats with guns and kill. Nothing is said. They’ve had drinking binges while their kids froze to death on the harsh prairies, and the consequence is a mere “healing circle” amidst a sentiment that blame begins with ‘White’ man for having been so bad — 200 years ago. If any conservative-minded Canadian submits a tell-all commentary to a newspaper, it never gets printed for fear of racist accusations and stern reprisal.
“Natives that I know here go to lots of meetings, Band meetings, fishing-related meetings, ‘First Nations’ (I hate that term) political meetings, and they all get paid $200 each by government for every meeting they attend. I have it firsthand that they purposely postpone parts of the agenda so that there will be another meeting. And another.
“I’ve been out on Native boats and thrown thousands of pinks back into the chuck because they want to fill their holds with sockeye. Those pinks don’t survive. I can think of many ‘White’ families who would be delighted to have just a few for their freezers. While on those same fishing trips, the Natives threw bags and bags of their garbage overboard. “It just goes to the bottom anyway“, they say. The patent ignorance among these self-proclaimed keepers of mother nature is really, really hard to stomach.
“This all needs to stop. We need a level playing field. We need to get rid of the whole philosophy that embraces the stupidity and inequality that lines the political backdrop of Native existence in Canada. We just need to be equal, period...“
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“Four years ago this September, my wife and I followed a trail down to the Fraser just below Hells’ Gate, to view an old bridge. On the way, we passed a native netting operation that consisted of a thick cable stretched across the river, a large seine net that would be strung from the cable, and a tractor on the far shore to haul in the catch. Given that — as we were informed at Hell’s Gate — some 500,000 sockeye per day were passing through, you can imagine the size of just one haul taken with this ‘non-traditional’ equipment…”
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“I see it every year — hassle ‘White’ fisherman, ignore the native ten feet away fishing with illegal gear.”
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“Don’t imagine for a moment that natives conceived this whole plan themselves or that you can sell 2 million salmon through back doors at restaurants. This was organized by commercially-skilled middlemen, with roe going by the tonne to Russia, and flash-frozen, vacuum-sealed salmon going into the national food distribution chain. Congratulations Ottawa, for spending $26 million on a commission that reported everything but the truth.”
See also:
‘Time to Panic in British Columbia’ {Mar.2, 2026}:
“We, the {1,514} Musqueam people openly and publicly declare and affirm {to the 3 million people of the Vancouver Lower Mainland} that we hold aboriginal title to {your} land and ‘aboriginal rights’ to exercise use of {your} land, the sea and fresh waters, and all their resources within that territory occupied and used by our ancestors…”
—‘Musqueam Declaration’
‘Government of Canada’s landmark agreement recognizes Musqueam ‘First Nation’s Aboriginal title in Metro Vancouver’
https://endracebasedlaw.com/2026/03/02/time-to-panic-in-british-columbia/
“It should be noted that ‘aboriginal title’ was considered “extinguished” by successive B.C. governments (and courts) for almost 150 years. Then, it suddenly made its reappearance when it was imposed on B.C. by an Ottawa-based Supreme Court.”
https://endracebasedlaw.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/who-owns-british-columbia/
‘Public Isn’t ‘Public’ Any More’ (Provincial Park) {Aug.29, 2023}:
“More Race Based Law… This is supposed to be a PUBLIC Provincial park, for ALL people!
“All Camping Reservations and Day-Use Passes will be cancelled by B.C. Parks.”
“Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will be closed until September 30, 2023. The Líl’wat and N’Quatqua ‘First Nations’ say the closure is in support of a harvest celebration in the area they call “Pipi7iyekw” and ‘widely-known’ {legally-known} as Joffre Lakes Park.”
https://endracebasedlaw.ca/2023/08/29/public-isnt-public-any-more/
‘B.C. Gov’t Betrays the Interests of Most Residents’ (UNDR‘I’P) {April 7, 2019}:
“As throne speech commitments go, not many over the years have been more fraught with consequences for B.C. than the one proclaimed by the John Horgan N‘D’P government.
“B.C. will be the first province in Canada to introduce legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the ‘Rights’ of ‘Indigenous’ People”,
it read in part.
“The goal is
“mandating government to bring provincial laws and policies into harmony with the declaration.”
https://endracebasedlaw.ca/2019/04/07/b-c-govt-betrays-the-interests-of-most-residents/
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