2024/2025 Draft Fisheries Plan Background
On February 13, 2024, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) released the Northern and Southern BC Draft Integrated Fisheries...
Background
The Public Fishery Alliance (PFA) formed as a consequence of Fisheries Minister Johnathan Wilkinson’s 2019 decision to impose Chinook-non-retention (CNR) over much of BC’s...
The average recreational fisherman may not realize they have a say in how our fisheries are managed. I’m hoping that you’ve taken interest in the process—an interest in being involved, and not just jumping to conclusions about what was discussed.
The Sport Fishing Advisory Board (SFAB) South Coast Meeting, Dec. 2018 featured an action-packed agenda covering a significant number of important issues. 2019 Fishery Planning, ,Rockfish Conservation Areas, Glass Sponge Reefs, Halibut and the Five Nations Court Decision.
If you are planning on attending the annual Charity Chum Derby at Brown's Bay, BC, October 12-14th 2018, you are in luck...at least for now. The DFO just announced that recreational fishing stays open, and commercial is being suspended.
There is real damage being done to the future reputation of the recreational fishery in BC. The business infrastructure is paying big time for DFO’s lack of preparedness in providing a meaningful consultation and planning schedule to develop measures that would sustain the fishery.
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