Fish tragedy all set to happen here

Brian Lewis
August 20, 2009
The Province

West Vancouver author Alex Rose comes straight to the point. The only way to avert the "catastrophic" decline and ultimate demise of Fraser River salmon stocks is to close this entire fishery.

While many commercial, First Nations and recreational-fishing stakeholders will dismiss such a step, Rose says he speaks from experience.

He's a former communications officer with Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans who last year published a thought-provoking book, Who Killed The Grand Banks?, that analyzed the 1992 collapse and closure of the Altantic cod fishery.

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