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In order for fisheries to survive,
he says, there should be limits on
water use in other sectors, such
as agriculture, as well as stronger
protections from the downstream
effects of forestry, mining and other
development. At the same time, com-
mercial fisheries need to adapt to
shifting returns.
"We need to be able to shut fisher-
ies on and off. So if there is an unpre-
dictably low return, those fisheries
need to be closed down," says Moore,
who applauds Fisheries and Oceans
Canada for taking bold steps when
waters are too warm. "And if there's
a surprisingly good return, there will
be opportunities."
Chauvel agrees—and would like
to see more habitat protection and
further limits on the agricultural
use of water; he would also like to
see dams, open-pen salmon farms
and other barriers to wild salmon
migration removed. (Shortly after
BCBusiness interviewed Chauvel,
the federal government announced
it was delaying a ban on open-net
salmon farming off B.C.'s coast until
2029 to allow the aquaculture indus-
try time to transition to land-based
operations.)
Because the effects of climate
change have become so apparent, he
doesn't know a single climate denier
in the business. But despite the
environmental pressures, Chauvel is
optimistic enough that he's hanging
on to his fishing boat—"I wouldn't
keep it if I didn't believe in the
industry," he says—and emphasizes
that because salmon have a relatively
short lifecycle, they can bounce back
quickly given the right conditions.
"There is enough interest in get-
ting things right that the outlook for
wild salmon in British Columbia is
more positive today than it has been
in a very long time. So I'm hanging
in," he says. "Those of us who have
an interest in this are investing in
bringing it back—and we obviously
have some level of confidence that
we're going to be successful."
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