Up until the mid-1990s, coho were the foundation almost every year for productive salmon fishing in the Strait of Georgia recreational fishery. Since then, however, their presence has been much less predictable...
Sockeye from the Fraser River comprise one of the greatest salmon stock aggregates in BC. It’s no exaggeration to describe it as a “foundation stock,” because it is so important to many diverse communities within the province.
After nearly three months of rushed analysis and consultation, on May 30 the DFO released fishery notice #0428. It is likely unprecedented in the history of BC fisheries management in its scope.
You might have started seeing all these ugly fish showing up in your social feed from your fishing friends, right? Well that’s because ling cod opened on May 1 in many fisheries. Ling cod is a fairly easy fish to catch—you just need to know where to look. Delicious too!
It’s a beautiful sunny Friday, and nothing smells of summer more than an announcement from the DFO that sockeye is opening in the Alberni Inlet on May 1, 2018. Where exactly should you go?
The recreational fishery does best in an environment of certainty. Regrettably, in recent years anglers have come to understand that the abundance of fish is anything but certain. However, the policy framework that describes and allows our fishery to proceed has been fairly stable.
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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