The Fish Report – Election Edition
Over the past six months, the SFI and the other members of the BC Sportfishing Coalition have been pulling out all the stops to put halibut on the political agenda in the 2011 election. It started tentatively at the 2010 Sport Fishing Industry Policy Conference, gathered steam over the Christmas break and culminated in a…
The Secret Society in Halibut
“The PHMA occupies a very privileged position, thanks to a succession of fisheries ministers. A private society, whose meetings are not open to the public and whose finances are not subject to public scrutiny, the Association was until recently funded by a gift of 10 per cent of the available commercial halibut quota……”
The knives are out in B.C.’s bloodiest sport: Politics – “In a word: Halibut”
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Globe and Mail Reports – “In BC, Fish can net an election!”
April 17, 2011 In B.C., fish can net an election victory By MARK HUME From Monday’s Globe and Mail From a campaign to save wild salmon to an effort by sports anglers to overturn halibut rules, fishing folk are looking for answers from candidates….click to visit the full article….
NDP candidate proposes solution to fishery privatization issue…
The halibut quota system is broken and needs to be fixed, said Nathan Cullen, the NDP candidate for Skeena Bulkley-Valley. In a press release sent out yesterday, Cullen said the policies of the Department of Fisheries & Oceans (DFO) privatize a public resource and hurt B.C.’s coastal economy. As such, he said reforms need to be…
Halibut sport fishermen protest outside John Duncan’s Port Hardy campaign office Sport fishermen protest halibut allocation policy outside the North Island campaign office of Federal Conservative candidate John Duncan Tuesday as Duncan meets with constituents inside following the official opening of his campaign office in Port Hardy
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CFAX RADIO
CFAX RADIO interviews MLA JOHN HORGAN on the importance of Halibut to members of his communities…click the radio to listen in…
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I have a short message for Shea and our useless MP Duncan, I for one will continue to fish, these...
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The end result of this will be that many anglers will simply opt out of DFO's management model. ...
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I find it almost impossible to compose a comment with out resort to foul language, however I will...
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I grew up on the east coast and have first hand experience of what happens to a mis-managed comme...
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hey now, dont go pete bashing.he does nothing different than other large quota holders do. he may...
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Mr. Pete Peterson.
Lets be honest you dont have 2 cameras that run 24 hours a day. They only ...
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sorry to hear that the slipper skippers were not defeated.now for slap in the face number two: th...
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THE HANDLING OF THE halibut resource should be similar to what we are doing with salmon and shoul...
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I pretty much agree with the comments put forth by jake Grympa. definitely quotas if not used by ...
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Fishing and hunting is not a cash crop. It is every Canadians privilege to go out and feed their ...
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