A number of changes to the way UFAWU-Unifor members make Dues and Benefit payments were recently made. These changes include improvements to the Dues system and a more convenient way for members to make payments. For more information on Dues and payment options, please see the new "Dues" section in the "Members" tab, or click […]
Please take the time to review the Licensing: Entry And Exit Plans section of The Future Of B.C. Commercial Salmon Fishing report — the final section of the report. Feedback can be sent to communications@ufawu.org.
On Monday, May 3, the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans began an emergency study of the Frozen at Sea Spot Prawns issue which has now been a threat to food security and livelihoods for months. This study was the result of the pressure built following two months of campaigns led by a number of […]
Please take the time to review the Governance of The Future Of B.C. Commercial Salmon Fishing report. Other sections will be shared for review as we receive feedback. Feedback can be sent to communications@ufawu.org.
Please take the time to review the Access to the Resource section of The Future Of B.C. Commercial Salmon Fishing report. Other sections will be shared for review as we receive feedback. Feedback can be sent to communications@ufawu.org.
Please take the time to review the Allocation Of The Resource section of The Future Of B.C. Commercial Salmon Fishing report. Other sections will be shared for review as we receive feedback. Feedback can be sent to communications@ufawu.org.
Please take the time to review the Improving Salmon Runs section of The Future Of B.C. Commercial Salmon Fishing report. Other sections will be shared for review as we recieve feedback. Feedback can be sent to communications@ufawu.org.
In March, UFAWU-Unifor joined a number of other organizations in creating a petition. This petition aimed to spread awareness of a DFO regulation reinterpretation that would threaten both food security and prawn harvesters in B.C. This reinterpretation would see the process of freezing prawns in water banned — disrupting the direct-to-public public sale of prawns […]
A draft report on the future of the B.C. commercial salmon industry is now available for review and comment by commercial salmon harvesters. The draft report, which was created following The Future of B.C. Commercial Salmon Fishing Conference, contains recommendations made by conference attendees on the the future of the salmon industry. The recommendations cover […]
Hello, I am writing this because we at UFAWU-Unifor are deeply concerned about an issue currently threatening food security in B.C. and we need your help! Commercial prawn harvesters recently received news from the DFO that existing regulations have been reinterpreted in such a way that the freezing of prawn tails in water is now […]
The Pacific Balance Pinnipeds Society (PBPS) has prepared a document titled Proposal for commercial harvesting of pinnipeds in British Columbia. Proposal Excerpt: "First Nations people have harvested marine mammals including pinnipeds (harbour seals, sea lions) along the British Columbia coast for thousands of years. Current estimates of abundance from aerial surveys indicate that there has […]