Lisa Marie Barron at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On November 28th, 2023. See this statement in context.

November 28th, 2023 / 12:30 p.m.

NDP

Lisa Marie Barron NDP Nanaimo—Ladysmith, BC

Thank you.

I think it would be good to bring into this discussion the importance of wild Pacific salmon as a keystone species.

I am not sure whether the importance of wild Pacific salmon—not just in our marine ecosystems but also in the entire environmental ecosystem—to coastal communities, indigenous rights and food security is general knowledge.

Could you speak a bit about the importance of wild Pacific salmon, the key piece here being the prevention of illegal sales of wild Pacific salmon?

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