fish4all
Well-Known Member
That "who is worse" debate has been hashed out many times without success, will always end with points both ways and agreeing to disagree. So not going to touch that. The point here is about the flaws in this quota license program. The #1 conservation control for recreational angers is the daily and possession limit. Having more than you're allowed is de facto a breach ... easy to assess, easy to enforce. Simply having the fish makes it an obvious crime. The quota system eliminates the one basic control they have. There's already not enough enforcement -- I can see this program, if adopted widely, as eliminating DFO's ability to police halibut fishing at all. Bonus for unscrupulous anglers ... everyone else pays. That's a flawed program.
have to agree that the program as sits today has flaws.