Changes to Fisheries Legislation Have Removed Habitat Protection for Most Fish Species in Canada

John Post, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Calgary, says the federal government’s changes to the fisheries legislation have eviscerated the ability to protect habitat for many of the country’s fish species.
Photograph by: Riley Brandt, University of Calgary, Calgary Herald

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Changes to Fisheries Legislation Have Removed Habitat Protection for Most Fish Species in Canada

Nov. 7, 2013 — Federal government changes to Canada's fisheries legislation have eviscerated the ability to protect habitat for most of the country's fish species, scientists at the universities of Calgary and Dalhousie say in a new study.

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