ADIMS would like to thank Tony Gregson for his excellent article in the September 12th issue of The Barnacle, where he correctly states that:
“Under the 2025 iteration of the Conditions of Licence for shellfish tenures in Baynes Sound, DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) requires that anti-predator netting must be removed by 2027 from the estuaries of the creeks and rivers that enter the Sound. Specifically, there can be no netting within 50 meters on either side of estuary streamlets. As streamlets braid out over the entire area of an estuary, that effectively excludes any netting. Licensees must also remove the channels.”
We were elated to hear about these changes in DFO’s 2025 Conditions of Licence, as ADIMS has been advocating for the removal of predator netting from estuaries for many years.
Click below to read Tony’s 1.5 page article where he goes into greater depth on the issue: