First Nation and conservationists striving to protect the trove of large orange coral fans are more optimistic than they were last spring.
However, the First Nation and conservationists striving to protect the trove of large orange coral fans are more optimistic than they were last spring when the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans failed to establish a fishing moratorium to protect the fragile ecosystem.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
“There are many checkboxes that DFO has to deal with in working toward protection of the site, so we understand their difficulties in providing a specific date for closure,” he said. Marine zoologist Neil McDaniel, who has been pushing DFO to protect the area for a decade, is both hopeful and anxious about the marine garden’s future.
The fragile marine ecosystem is easily damaged by heavy prawn or crab traps and ropes or other fishing gear that hit the seabed, he said, noting DFO’s own research suggests the biodiversity hot spot merits protection. The aquatic sill or marine shelf the garden sits on covers only a small portion of Knight Inlet, so it wouldn’t compromise fisheries in a big way in Knight Inlet, he said.
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