The evidence is irrefutable; Pacific herring is collapsing. Clupea pallasii form the foundation on which the north Pacific marine eco system is built. Herring are an important link between tiny plankton & larger animals and exist as the primary food source for many species including chinook salmon which, in turn, are the primary food source for endangered Southern Resident killer whales.
This collapse is borne out, not just on paper, but in the oral storytelling of Indigenous leaders, in the data collected by scientists, in the waters and along the shores of our northern coast and in the plummeting censuses of other species here that rely on herring to survive.
Without an immediate moratorium placed on the commercial
herring fishery until such time that herring numbers can rebound and the known science surrounding this foundation fish can be updated and more fully understood, we are all on the brink. What we do at the edge of this crisis will be the subject of stories that get told about us and this #BIGLittleFish for generations to come. ... See more

Pacific Wild's new research paper provides evidence that government mismanagement is to blame for substantial Pacific herring decline.

It takes 600 years for this kind of plastic to degrade.

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