Show Atlantic Salmon Same Respect as Pacific Salmon: N.B. Minister
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Ottawa's pledge to put $1 million this year into protecting wild Atlantic salmon has gone over like a wet fish with New Brunswick's natural resources minister.
John Herron says the federal government needs to put closer to $100 million into saving the region's iconic species, similar to the more than $600-million effort to protect wild Pacific salmon in British Columbia.
"We need to be on the right side of history," he told Brunswick News in an interview.
"We're all aware of what the fish counts..."
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