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Heiltsuk wins herring dispute as government agrees to close fishery

Sue Farlinger, regional DFO director (center) speaks to crowd of Heiltsuk community members gathered outside the DFO office on Denny Island, to update on negotiations about the controversial herring fishery on Monday night. Photo by Mychaylo Prystupa/Vancouver Observer.

by Jenny Uechi, Vancouver Observer, April 2, 2015

In a stunning reversal, the federal government caved in to Heiltsuk First Nation’s demands to close commercial fishing of herring near Bella Bella in northern B.C.

“It is confirmed. All commercial gill-netters are exiting Heiltsuk waters,” Heiltsuk First Nation councillor Jess Housty wrote on Facebook this afternoon. “They will be escorted by Heiltsuk patrol boats and we will continue to occupy DFO until they have exited our waters.”

DFO director a no show at Heiltsuk herring dispute in Bella Bella

Heiltsuk fisherman Frank Brown speaking to DFO officers on Denny Island on Sunday. Photo by Mychaylo Prystupa/Vancouver Observer. March 29, 2015.

“I just got the text.  Sue Farlinger is a not coming up.  This action is a sign of terrible disrespect,” said Heiltsuk fisherman Frank Brown

by Mychaylo Prystupa, Vancouver Observer, March 30th, 2015

An astonished look came down on Heiltsuk people’s faces when it was announced that Sue Farlinger, Regional Director General Pacific Region, was not flying up Monday morning to negotiate a resolution to the heated herring conflict on the central B.C. coast.

Elected chief councillor Marilyn Slett is still locked inside the DFO office on Denny Island, since yesterday evening.

DFO Offices in Vancouver Occupied in Solidarity with Heiltsuk

Two of the people participating in the occupation of the Vancouver DFO offices, March 30, 2015.

by Warrior Publications, March 30, 2015

During a solidarity rally with the Heiltsuk occupation of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) office on Denny Island, near Bella Bella, BC, 4 protesters also began an occupation of the DFO offices in Vancouver, BC, on Monday, March 30, 2015.  Outside the building, around 50 people rallied and blocked the streets.  The offices are located near the intersection of Burrard and West Pender streets.

Heiltsuk Nation occupies DFO office in face of expected herring fishery

Heiltsuk Nation members confront DFO officers at Denny Island coast guard station (Pacific Wild) via Common Sense Canadian.

by Damien Gillis, Common Sense Canadian, March 29, 2015

Updated 7 PM

Tensions continue to escalate on the waters of the Great Bear Rainforest over a highly controversial herring fishery, as members of the Heiltsuk Nation are now occupying the local DFO office in opposition to a planned gillnet opening.

A group of Heiltsuk youth, elders and chiefs paddled and boated this afternoon from Bella Bella to the coast guard station on nearby Denny Island  – headquarters of DFO’s central coast operations – to deliver an eviction notice reminding local representatives that Area 7 is a no-go zone for a commercial herring fishery this year.