BCWF will be holding 6 SAP town halls across the Lower Mainland.

Chilliwack – February 17, 2026

Pitt Meadows – February 18, 2026

Mission – February 19, 2026

North Vancouver – February 24, 2026

Langley – February 25, 2026

Coquitlam – February 26, 2026

NSF&G are involved in promoting and organizing the North Van event, at Wildeye Brewing, and the Langley event, at Dead Frog Brewery.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is proposing significant changes to the Salmon Allocation Policy that could reduce public access to salmon and impact recreational fishing opportunities across British Columbia. These community town halls are your chance to hear what’s being proposed, understand how it could affect anglers, local economies, and conservation, and learn how to take action.

One of the two changes being considered by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is the elimination of the principle that salmon are a public resource to be managed for the benefit of all Canadians in its new Salmon Allocation Policy.  

First Nations are asking DFO to eliminate this principle from the policy that will guide allocation of salmon among First Nations Food, Ceremonial and Social fisheries, First Nations treaty-based fisheries, non-Indigenous recreational fishers, and commercial fisheries. 

The changes proposed are a radical shift in the principles that govern conservation and access to public resources, removing existing public fishing opportunities, and curtailing public access to salmon.