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Originally posted by Fishing Guide
Cheers All,
Please, make no mistake on this: I am all for responsibility on the water and ensuring that, through minimim standards, both owner/operators AND clients are safe while sportsfishing in BC. This means I have all my coursework complete as well as finishing my Blue Decal (stability testing for NEWLY constructed boats are quite involved).
I have read - with interest - about these new "Olympic" boats and I am hoping that it, in fact, is accurate. It would be nice to know that there are some legacy benifits from hosting these hugely expensive "amateur" games. HOWEVER...anyone who has had any dealings with TC will immediately recognize that they are seriously underfunded and understaffed to do the job for which they have been
tasked. Or perhaps, as in significant government involved cases, simply a bloated beurocracy which has emphasized the wrong aspects of their mandate and have wasted valuable public resources. Your call.
My concern is that, while these new boats may in well be available, who are they going to have operate them? It seems to me that I have not seen many TC personnel out on the water in the last 10 years. Many have retired or have been re-located into management (read "desk pilot"). It is good to have the boats but they need to be operated and not on a short blitz to 'Clean up the Coast!' There has to be a enhanced enforcement (some would say there is none now) as well as funds dedicated to ensure this is ongoing and effective.
Fishing Guide
www.invictuscharters.com
BC Outdoors Pro Staff
www.fishingvancouverisland.org