salty-dog
Member
So one of our retailers in Washinton state called today about getting more gear for the upcoming season and we were talking about all the restrictions being brought in across North America and he said something that seemed a bit overboard: The Washington halibut season is 12 days this year.
Can you imagine that?? While commercial fishers have a very long season, the ones that do less damage to the populations only get a whopping 12 days. If the DFO came at you with that crap, would you use or forego those 12 days? Would you raise a ruckus or let it slide?
I guess what I am getting at is that with the DFO working with Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California in matters regarding fish populations, is it possible that such a short season will be thrown at Canadian anglers in the future?
What impact would this really make in the population when commies can pretty much do as they please while the less impacting sport anglers take the brunt.
Aside from this one, I am a member of many other fishing/hunting forums and it appears that the same degenerative gov't thining is running wild in many states, too. For example, the US feds have enacted very strict "hands-off" approach towards black sea bass in many southern states and the Gulf. They claim declining fish populations. Meanwhile,anglers are complaining that when they catch other specis, the overpopulated black sea bass are ripping the fish off the lines.
In the Gulf, the feds have declared a slew of fish as "concerned species" {example red snapper} and forbid the retention of those species. Most are found around old oil platforms they use as artificial reefs. Now, the feds have given the go-ahead to use explosives to blow up those platforms and the resulting impact waves are killing the very fish no one is allowed to keep because they are "concerned species".
Where do the "officials" get their information? Are they using special interest groups such as those that are concerned about every living thing or are the using real, irrefuttable science, or are they just throwing numbers in the are and using what they can catch?
I cannot say with any degree of certainty, but it sounds to me that they must be personally profitting from degenerative science or lobbying by commies.
Considering the halibut fisherie in BC, did Washington throw their weight around too much or is there a genuine reasoning behind it?
Can you imagine that?? While commercial fishers have a very long season, the ones that do less damage to the populations only get a whopping 12 days. If the DFO came at you with that crap, would you use or forego those 12 days? Would you raise a ruckus or let it slide?
I guess what I am getting at is that with the DFO working with Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California in matters regarding fish populations, is it possible that such a short season will be thrown at Canadian anglers in the future?
What impact would this really make in the population when commies can pretty much do as they please while the less impacting sport anglers take the brunt.
Aside from this one, I am a member of many other fishing/hunting forums and it appears that the same degenerative gov't thining is running wild in many states, too. For example, the US feds have enacted very strict "hands-off" approach towards black sea bass in many southern states and the Gulf. They claim declining fish populations. Meanwhile,anglers are complaining that when they catch other specis, the overpopulated black sea bass are ripping the fish off the lines.
In the Gulf, the feds have declared a slew of fish as "concerned species" {example red snapper} and forbid the retention of those species. Most are found around old oil platforms they use as artificial reefs. Now, the feds have given the go-ahead to use explosives to blow up those platforms and the resulting impact waves are killing the very fish no one is allowed to keep because they are "concerned species".
Where do the "officials" get their information? Are they using special interest groups such as those that are concerned about every living thing or are the using real, irrefuttable science, or are they just throwing numbers in the are and using what they can catch?
I cannot say with any degree of certainty, but it sounds to me that they must be personally profitting from degenerative science or lobbying by commies.
Considering the halibut fisherie in BC, did Washington throw their weight around too much or is there a genuine reasoning behind it?