Win for Prawn Harvesters!

On January 18, 2022 Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Joyce Murray, announced that prawn harvesters will be allowed to tub prawn tails this season, and into the foreseeable future! This is a huge relief for many harvesters who tub prawn tails and rely on this method to earn a living and to deliver food to their communities. 

This issue has received overwhelming engagement from community members like YOU who have signed petitions, written to leadership, and kept pressure on this issue for the past year. Your participation is creating a more equitable fishery, and a more food secure BC! We hope that our new Minister continues to consider the needs of harvesters and the wellbeing of coastal communities into the future. 

Thank you!! For signing petitions, writing to leadership, and keeping pressure on this issue for the past year!

In the media: 

Jan 18, 2022

• CBC: B.C. fishers celebrate DFO announcement allowing spot prawn 'tubbing' to continue

• National Observer: Federal decision buoys West Coast spot prawn harvesters

Dec 16, 2021

• National Observer: Ottawa puts B.C.’s prized spot prawn fishery in peril again, harvesters say

• Toronto Star: Proposed DFO rules put B.C.’s prized spot prawn fishery in peril again, harvesters say

• Vancouver is Awesome: Opinion: You're about to lose access to spot prawns

Press Release: 

Dec 16, 2021

• Canadian Department of Fisheries could destroy domestic spot prawn industry and local fishing families with unrealistic new tubbing regulations - Dec 16, 2020