Feds ask boaters to stay 200 metres from B.C.'s southern resident orcas

[Capilano]

Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says there will be regulations in place before the spring to ensure no boat comes within 200 metres of southern resident killer whales in Canadian waters.

LeBlanc told reporters outside the House of Commons he heard loud and clear from scientists at a symposium on the whales in British Columbia earlier this month that more needs to be done — not just to protect them but also to help recovery efforts to boost the population.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...-from-b-c-s-southern-resident-orcas-1.4374269

 

[bigdogeh]

"We think the time has come for the government to make this quick and decisive step," said LeBlanc.

Interesting how they are so quick to regulate when it won't cost them any money or political contributions... wish they could apply that quickness and decisiveness in regard to purging our inside salmon migration routes of the invasive, diseased and lice laden open net pen fish farms.

thxs for the link Capilano. At least it's a step in the right direction... Something that hasn't been seen in a long time from the regulators.