In a first of its kind on the Salish Sea, the Tsawout First Nation has signed a declaration protecting a 155-kilometre area off the east side of the Saanich Peninsula.
I dunna think this is going to bode well for the public fishery - once again we are left out from the negotiating table and thrown under the bus by DFO & their political masters!
I would but ill get banned, fk it,..
Buddy who flys with the patrol plane outta CR says most of the illegal fishing they see in mpa and rca, sponge reef or closed areas are...
drum roll...
1st nations.... what!??
Guys need to get past your various differences with FN and carve another way forward. Like it or not we are going to be working more closely with these communities. I see it more as an opportunity then anything negative.
I would say I am more concerned lately with divisiveness with of certain members within our groups. That seems more of threat than what FN is doing with MPA right now of you ask me.
Besides anyway I believe the Sidney anglers are actually going to have a new SFAB chair that looks after that area finally. I believe some of the members already have a good working relationship with FN in salmon project etc ? Sound like an opportunity there.
FN can fish in an RCA but most Nations ask their fisherman not to and and even print that request on the permit......................................... but most do anyways.
I won't highlight cultural backgrounds - but it's pretty apparent to me whom many of the offenders are and their connections. The whole Scott Steer thing also leads there, as well:
I won't highlight cultural backgrounds - but it's pretty apparent to me whom many of the offenders are and their connections. The whole Scott Steer thing also leads there, as well:
So because you can't see "it" happening, it doesn't, hah
Just because the gov turns its back on going after and laying charges, and we ALL know why that happens, again means its not happening,
Its happening, the flight crews take the info, pass it on, and it goes nowhere , unless its a sector the authorities know dam well they will get convictions.
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That's neither what I posted nor intended, SF. Most of the sponge reefs are generally quite deep. That's what I posted. The 7 in SoG are often 500 to 1000 fms (6 ft to a fathom), the 4 large ones in Hecate Strait ~100 fms. Most are 100-200 m or ~350-650 ft deep. Yes - you are correct - there are a number in Howe Sound - maybe 7 or so out of 15 in Howe Sound that are more in the 50-100m depth ranges and would be more accessible & attractive to handline hauling verses needing hydraulics/electrics. There is a good discussion on the difficulties of hand pulling gear from depths at:
Just wondering if and how people are targeting Black Cod. I would like to give it a try and looking for some pointers. Thanks.
sportfishingbc.com
The expected focus on where poaching may happen while not having hydraulics/electrics to haul gear would be more in the RCAs verses the sponge reefs. They are generally shallower. I wouldn't expect some random buddy observer in a plane to know depths or think of these differences - if he even exists or was quoted accurately.
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