Atlantic fishery flounders for lack of strategic plan

Canada does not have a national strategy for its fisheries. It does have an Atlantic Fisheries Policy Framework developed in the 1990’s when “in September 1999, federal, provincial and territorial governments signed the Agreement on Interjurisdictional Cooperation with Respect to Fisheries and Aquaculture. The interjurisdictional agreement commits governments to work together to maintain ecologically sustainable…