Ep. 018: State of British Columbia’s Fishing Industry
Guest: Jim McIsaac, BC Commercial Fishing Caucus
Since the restructuring of the commercial fishing industry in the 90’s communities up and down the coast have been disenfranchised from the sector that was their lifeblood.
That is according to Jim McIsaac of the BC Commercial Fishing Caucus. He says, there comes at a time when fish stocks are well managed and robust. McIsaac points out fishing is a fraction of its former size.
We invited Jock Finlayson and Ryan Berlin to join us for a Conversation That Matters about BC’s economy and why BC’s population dropped by more than 40,000 people.
We invited Scott Jacob of Jacob Bros. Construction to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the state of the construction industry in BC.
We invited Ajay Patel, the President & CEO of Vancouver Community College, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the skilled trades job opportunity in BC and how we can meet it.
We invited Ken Kalesnikoff, Co-Chair of the Canadian Forest Sector Transformation Task Force, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about a path to recovery in the forestry sector.