Have you reported this to DFO?US boats continue to fish Pender Bluff area illegaly with no fear of getting caught.There is no one enforcing the rules and Americans are taking salmon at will. I saw one boat with 2 fish on and 5 other boats fishing all US.
Pender Island residents have repeatedly called for the past 3 weeks and not a single DFO boat has showed. One person was told yesterday that DFO was sending a plane lol I finally lost it out there and went into the closed zone and informed 6 US and 3 Canadian boats they were fishing in a closed zone. they reeled up and left. DFO claims to have no boats available and this is not high priority. This continued yesterday with 2 more US boats fishing and I witnessed 2 fish reeled in. I didn'd bother reporting as its a waste of time.Hmm maybe call the coast guard/RCMP too as they are American boats fishing illegally in cdn waters?
Have you reported this to DFO?
Two DFO boats were out at Steveston today checking boats. If they knew about the situation you speak of I would hope that they would take a run across to check that out??
On the topic call it in.
Found this interesting. If you can't find a connection read a bit.
https://www.gulfislandsalliance.ca/
https://www.gulfislandsalliance.ca/about/
https://www.gulfislandsalliance.ca/2016/12/video-celebrates-trust/
Fair enough, we all know what would happen to a Canadian fishing illegally in US waters. We are ******* here that usually reward lawbreakers.Jack knobs are jack knobs, regardless of what side of the boundary they come from - they’re everywhere. As I am an American who respectfully follows the laws wherever I fish, I’d like to not be stereotyped as part of the problem at Pender. As was later said, Canadians were seen fishing there as well.
They’re ignorant dumb *****, plain and simple and nothing more. I’d love nothing more than to see the book thrown at them.
I wouldn’t read to much into Nationality of the offenders. Heck the rules are getting so complicated that most people who only fish occasionally probably don’t know them. To be honest I know many people from outside the area that when shown the map of openings and closures are aghast at how complicated DFO has made it.We’re one community with a common love of being on the water, catching fish, and preserving the resource for the next generation. Our governments repeatedly have let us down and will continue to do so, I have no doubt. We need to stick together.
Naw-- Too sensible. It will not likely happen....As a guy who brings his boat up to the island every couple years, I think a bunch of the problem is communicating. I look at the amount of zones in the Washington waters. How about a very readable online map(s) with area delineated and numbers referring to the rules in those areas.
This was an old thread from before Oct 31. Gotta check the dates of old messages. All the bitching was from earlier.gents , I think you need to stay informed before you start bitching. The whale zones closed Oct 31 https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/maps-cartes/srkw-ers/index-eng.html
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