Research

Executive summary This report summarizes the results of a survey conducted with active and independent fish harvesters in British Columbia (BC) in 2019. The survey was conducted as part of the 5-year OceanCanada Partnership, which is a SSHRC funded research project at the University of British Columbia that was designed to help Canadian society prepare and plan for the challenges that lie ahead for our coastal and ocean social-ecological systems. A team of researchers and practitioners involved in the OceanCanada Partnership collaborated to develop and implement a survey to better understand issues related to access and well-being of independent fish harvesters from coastal communities in BC. The survey was conducted with 118 fish harvesters along the BC coast during the ...