Well…one can try. But if not part of ol boys club (maybe better to say the mentality of it) often denied…minus a couple of ya (you’re good Deryk!). Went over this with you.
Early Halibut Opening
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Well…one can try. But if not part of ol boys club (maybe better to say the mentality of it) often denied…minus a couple of ya (you’re good Deryk!). Went over this with you.
trophywife
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just tickle the overs with your hand on the white side of the tail where the wrist is. free salt facial.
Charter Tofino
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I’ve seen the amount of thankless volunteer work you and others have put into our fisheries. I can only imagine how frustrating it is when there’s no good outcome available and people who won’t get involved in the process sling mud. Anyways a big thanks to everyone involved for the effort and hopefully we can work towards making this a more viable fishery again.
Slabbedout
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100% agreeSo why are they/we beating around the bush with this? Every time I take a new person out fishing and ask them to print a license, or explain that the digital version is optional, they all laugh. People have been taking advantage of that archaic system for years. The argument that we need to wait for all the non phone using old dogs to die before we can implement this "new" method is hilarious. As if all of these guys aren't sending texts and pictures to their buddies and wives while they're out there already. There is no barrier to using technology anymore. If the poor old-timer can't figure it out by now, then maybe the guy he's paying good money to take him can do it for him. Sorry if I'm offending anyone here. Love you all.
Look at the limited entry process for hunting now vs 10 years ago. I don’t even know if you can submit paper mail in entries anymore.
If you want to play figure it out !
But really it all comes down to honesty and participation by the user if we want accurate data.
Also going down to a 80cm > max limit/ for possession is going to be tough unless your fishing the banks and it’s tough to warrant the expense for a 9lb Hali
BearCove
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Was a heck of a lot of hard work, but it worked, paid off and we got more. It's been a long time since the rec sector has all banded together, we do have an election looming and would be a great time to make it an election issue for sure. Happy to be a part of it again if someone wants to get the ball rolling.
Rain City
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You mean if Poilievre keeps convincing Canadians that he'll be just like Trump.
A-a-Ron
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**thread derail alert**
Lol
Derby
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Yes.. it was great working with you back in the day.. beyond me however there are those whom I can talk too
Not gonna derail this thread but please educate yourself on actual policies before spouting liberal rhetoric. (Vote liberal or NDP and see how you won’t even be allowed to fish for Chinook and other species. Nevermind catch and release) Feel free to PM.
Back to halibut….
Rain City
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Who said I’m voting NDP or Liberal? Supporting someone doesn’t mean blind loyalty—it means pushing them to be better. Poilievre has been losing support lately, and his U.S.-style rhetoric is part of the problem. With growing anti-Trump and anti-U.S. sentiment in Canada, he needs to shift focus to real policy if he wants to win over more voters.
Sorry for the derail.
fishinforever
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any idea when our season is going to kick off?
searun
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April 1 start, with 1 fish/day and only 1 in possession, max size is 102 cm. The annual limit remains unchanged at 10. There should be a Fishery Notice out soon.
A lot of analysis went into investigating the 1/1 option as a potential mechanism to allow as full of a season as possible. All our prior modelling did not investigate and develop 1/1 options, so this was entirely new and untested ground. FYI for those who have looked at prior versions of the model - the 1/1 options in the table were not actively connected with any data producing the same estimates as the 1/2 options...so essentially of no real benefit to making decisions. Topping that, the interests from the recreational community are extremely diverse. For example, no one wanted a really late season start, and conversely no one was looking for an early closure.
We dug through 2 years of iREC data (2023/24) to develop a detailed understanding of the sizes of halibut people actually retained, and developed an analysis of which size ranges were accounting for the recreational catch of halibut. No surprise that the majority of fish retained were less than 90cm - this aligns to all the IPHC and commercial catch data. The biomass has shifted substantially and is dominated by 2 younger/smaller age cohorts - so that's the size available for the fishery to catch. Accordingly, our modelling needed to be updated to reflect this shift in biomass.
These are difficult decisions to make, and the Halibut WG looked at the data to find a regulatory framework that best fit the widest possible interests of the recreational fishing community. Impossible to please everyone, especially when the aim is trying to find a compromise to the various and diverse interests.
Looking ahead to next season, if people wish to become engaged in the SFAB process to speak your mind and provide the Halibut WG with your thoughts as to what type of fishery choices best represent your interests, then I would suggest getting involved in your local SFAC committee and making sure this is an agenda item on your SFAC meeting so your group can develop input for the SFAB Halibut WG to consider.
Or find ways to get engaged and involved in the Halibut WG so you can replace old dogs like myself. We need new people with fresh ideas and perspectives willing to learn and help make the SFAB better.
fishinforever
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Thanks for the reply,
And thank you for all of your time and efforts in the process
And thank you for all of your time and efforts in the process
SpringVelocity
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100% agree.
Thank you for the update. Also, a big thank you to you, derby and anyone else that puts so much effort into this likely thankless task.
Poppa Reelie
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Slowly.... lower limits.... lower size.... I hope the kids today have opportunities later in life to fish and experience what we have. Seems we legislate recreation, the government in return provides free methadone for our suffering.
I do like having limits, gotta keep people honest. Although I do think we should have a trophy tag system, where you can purchase a specified number of tags for over slot size fish. That would be a win win. Those tags would need immediate attachment to the fish and become void thereafter. Hmm, thoughts.
I do like having limits, gotta keep people honest. Although I do think we should have a trophy tag system, where you can purchase a specified number of tags for over slot size fish. That would be a win win. Those tags would need immediate attachment to the fish and become void thereafter. Hmm, thoughts.
Bod
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The system you want to see, has been in place for years. This just shows us that people don't read the reg's, don't have a clue what's going on, don't get involved, and then complain in the end. Our system isn't perfect, but it's what there is to work with. It usually doesn't give us the results we would like to see, but again it's the numbers the working groups have to deal with.
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