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LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF CANADA'S FISHERIES ARE CONSIDERED HEALTHY, ADD YOUR NAME AND TELL THE GOVERNMENT TO FIX THIS CRISIS

For five years Oceana Canada has audited the health of wild fish and how the government manages fisheries. The results, Canada is failing its oceans and coastal communities, but we can change this.

Fewer than a third of Canada’s fisheries are healthy and most of the critically depleted fish populations don’t have a plan in place to see them recover. To make matters worse, the government has failed to improve fisheries management over the past half- decade.

We can’t let another half-decade go by with more overfishing and fisheries mismanagement, not with increasing threats to the ocean like climate change, pollution and habitat destruction.

Action is urgently needed. The Canadian government can fix this but they are unlikely to act without knowing it matters to people like you.

Sign the petition to contact the government and tell them that you demand it do a better job at managing Canada’s fisheries and prioritize bringing back healthy populations of fish.

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Mr.

Justin

Trudeau

Government of Canada

Ms.

Joyce

Murray

Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Dear Hon. Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada,

The oceans are at great risk – including from overfishing and climate change – and there has never been more opportunity or urgency to stop decades of fisheries mismanagement in Canada and rebuild depleted populations back to healthy levels.  Right now, less than a third of Canada’s fisheries are considered healthy, and our depleted fish populations have languished for decades without meaningful efforts to recover them.

I support rebuilding depleted fish populations and call on the Canadian government to take the following actions:

1.  Rebuild depleted fisheries by passing strong rebuilding regulations. 
2.	Count everything that is caught for better, science-based decision-making.
3.	Adopt stronger precautionary measures for forage fish and address the vulnerability of species to climate change.

Rebuilding fish populations is vital for a healthy ocean and a healthy economy. Please prioritize Canada’s oceans and the health of its fish populations and help ensure future generations inherit abundant marine ecosystems full of life.

Sincerely, 
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