Some 250 years ago, Pacific herring existed so abundantly in the Salish Sea that the Lekwungen Peoples would rake them from the ocean. Today, more than a century of settlers overfishing this species continues to have impacts on regional bird life.
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Treaties between the provincial and federal governments and First Nations are considered one of the highest forms of reconciliation, and we re on the verge of seeing another one signed on Vancouver Island.
A pair of provincial parks are being considered in the B.C. government s treaty negotiations with the T’Sou-ke and Songhees nations on Vancouver Island.