Environment Commissioner Warns Canada Failing to Protect Commercially Valuable Fish

Environment Commissioner Warns Canada Failing to Protect Commercially Valuable Fish
Cod fill a box on a trawler off the coast of Hampton Beach, N.H., in an Apr. 23, 2016 file photo. The Canadian Press/Robert F. Bukaty
The Canadian Press
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The federal government is biased against listing commercially valuable fish as species at risk and needing protection, environment commissioner Jerry DeMarco said in a new audit published Tuesday.

The audit of Canada’s efforts to protect aquatic species at risk was one of six new environmental reports tabled in the House of Commons.