Amending the Fishery (General) Regulations 30-day consultation (until November 11, 2024 11:59pm EST)

[agentaqua]

Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 158, Number 41: Regulations Amending the Fishery (General) Regulations

October 12, 2024, Part 1, Volume 158, Number 41, Canada Gazette

canadagazette.gc.ca

 

[Whole in the Water]

Hi AA, what do these changes mean??

 

[Hardy Guy]

Making sure stock groupings and LRP are consistent and accurate for rebuilding purposes. Correcting inconsistencies. Maybe be good maybe bad depending if the groupings result in more stocks needing restrictions for rebuilding

 

[agentaqua]

One of the very few things that the drama teachers' virtue-signalling govt did right - was to restore sections of the Fisheries Act that Stevie blunder took out (like HADD) and amended it yet again on 2019-08-28. They also included the Fish Stock Provisions https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/f-14/page-2.html#h-1175547 - a totally new section that required rebuilding plans and limit reference points. DFO has been quietly updating the priority list in batches - this is the latest.

As far as I see it - who needs SARA if one follows the new Fisheries Act? I never saw SARA as an effective management option. It never meshed well with existing fisheries management processes and is draconian. Read the notice in the Gazette - it should explain it