DFO investigates “controversial” fishermen

Fishermen are discarding sockeye and other salmon species dead or almost dead. Photo: Lloyd Guenther/Marine Photobank

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is investigating fishermen shown to violate fishing regulations in a “controversial video” released last week, but conservation groups argue the fishermen are the solution, not the problem.

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