B.C’s salmon advisory council skips Terrace

[wildmanyeah]

B.C’s salmon advisory council skips Terrace

https://www.houston-today.com/news/b-cs-salmon-advisory-council-skips-terrace/

 

[donnie d]

Perhaps this is somewhat true with the pounds per piece being lower which would decrease commercial bottom lines and lessen the economic multiplier??

Just for arguments sake although I tend to agree in principle.

 

[OldBlackDog]

The Wild Salmon Advisory Council consists of 14 British Columbians who the province describes as having a broad understanding of the role that salmon play within B.C.’s environment.

Bob Hooton, a retired biologist and former B.C. Ministry of Environment fisheries-section head for the Skeena region, says he isn’t surprised to learn the council is visiting only coastal communities for its engagement sessions.

“There are no fresh-water interests whatsoever represented within that group. It’s a complete shutout. It’s so heavily weighted towards the commercial industry and unions [and First Nations fisheries] that the recreational guys are left out completely.”

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There are three members with sports fishing backgrounds on the council, but Hooton says the most influential among them, Martin Paish, a director of the Sport Fishing Institute of British Columbia, largely represents the salt-water commercial-recreational industry.

Paish could not be reached for comment, but Owen Bird, also a director of the institute, says the poor representation highlights the general confusion surrounding the council’s mandate.

“What exactly is it?” he asks. “If it’s in the interest of working with small coastal communities and the impacts of salmon fisheries to them, it might be a good indicator of why there is a lack of good representation from interior locations — and even in some cases the lack of academics.

“There’s a very lively sports fishing community and activities that take place inland, well beyond tidal waters. So that question is still outstanding…what exactly is the council’s purpose?

 

[OldBlackDog]

Because someone brings a different opinion to the party, you think that your opinion is the only one that counts?

He is correct that the value of a Chinook is way higher to the sports fishermen.

Owen Bird is correct, what is this group supposed to do?

Why is there no one on this group specifically to represent fresh water concerns?

This provincial group appears to be all about nothing.
Just a total waste of tax dollars for a feel better group for the Province.

“If there’s a sunset industry in this province, it’s the commercial fishing industry,” says Hooton. “The value of a chinook to the commercial industry these days is essentially negligible. But the value of that same fish to the recreational sector is enormous.”

This from the above linked article is a silly statement. It is important for all coastal and inland communities to recognize the value created by all fishing sectors. It is so critical that all fishing sectors figure out how to work together in a direction that benefits the fish first, inclusive opportunities for all fishing sectors to exploit harvest targets second. Every sector MUST figure out how to work together and stop trying to alienate each other in the process. The finger pointing has to stop in order to succeed. Stop thinking and talking about what you don't want and figure out how to get to what you do want that will help benefit all fishing sectors. Thoughts and words become things, good or bad, positive or negative...it is the thoughts and words that you make that steers your actions.