Sport Fishery Advisory Board meeting

[Hindsight]

It will take place at the Valley Fish and Game Clubhouse on Tuesday March 8th at 1:30pm. There will be several DFO people in attendance along with our new Sports Coordinator Brad Beaith

This should be a good one

 

[Derby]

It is time for our spring local Sport Fishery Advisory Board meeting. It will take place at the Valley Fish and Game Clubhouse on Tuesday March 8th at 1:30pm. I encourage everyone to attend and bring along your friends. There are several important issues to discuss and we need the members input. There will be several DFO people in attendance along with our new Sports Coordinator Brad Beaith. I will be putting together an agenda and will forward it on before the meeting. Please let me know if you would like an item on the agenda. So far some of the topics will be:
Regulations concerning the snagging issue at the Cove bridge in Port Renfrew and on the Nitnat River
New fly fishing only regs on the Cowichan River regarding Salmon
Report on Halibut regs for upcoming year
Conservation measures for early timed Fraser River Chinook in area 20
Creel survey catch data from last year
Port Renfrew crab survey
Shellfish/groundfish report
2011 salmon forecast
Report on Port Renfrew habitat roundtable process
Report on Cowichan roundtable process
Status of local motion to increase Wild Coho retention
Cowichan pink salmon net pen project and Port Renfrew Chinook net pen project report