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The Nuxalk First Nation on B.C.’s Central Coast have issued a closure notice for all recreational fishing in their territory citing provincial emergency health orders barring non-essential travel and the risk posed by COVID-19 variants.
Provincially, declining COVID-19 infection counts and increasing vaccination levels have sparked discussions about when more normal activities might resume.
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However, travel restrictions remain in place and “hunting and fishing (are) not essential,” said Peter Siwallace, a Nuxalk hereditary chief and marine-use coordinator for the Nuxalk stewardship office. “That comes from the province itself, to tell people not to travel to go recreational fishing.”