petition re: fish farms

fishingbc

Active Member
If you would like to see fish farms cleaned up, please read the attached
letter and consider adding your name to the list. To add your name, please
e-mail to the following address;
Alexandra Morton
wildorca@island.net



Dear Paul Sprout and the Honourable Gail Shea:
We, the fishermen of British Columbia, work under increasing regulations, restrictions and closures
set by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to protect our industry and Canada’s ocean resources. We are
required to carry observers and DFO cameras at our expense to monitor and reduce our by-catch.
We are prohibited from fishing with lights at night.. All fishing and packing vessels are required to
be licensed by your Department. We have been required to alter our gear, install tanks to revive
Coho and limited fishing time and area following DFO instructions. All these restrictions are an
attempt to quantify and reduce our impact on both target and non-target species. We are
disheartened that as we fish fewer days a year, wild fish stocks continue to decline.
On February 9, 2009 the BC Supreme Court ruled that British Columbia salmon farms are not
“farms,” and that current Provincial regulation of this industry is unconstitutional. The
responsibility for salmon aquaculture will pass from the Province to the federal government in 12
months. As it stands today, the salmon aquaculture industry is a public fishery. Fisheries and
Oceans Canada has always had the power to regulate the aquaculture industry to comply with the
Fisheries Act, but has chosen not to.
You can understand why we do not accept this as fair conduct by your department. In addition,
many of us have experience with the salmon aquaculture industry and we have witnessed practices
that serve to undo the sacrifices by our industry. While the court has given the federal government
12 months to assume regulation of salmon aquaculture, the dire state of many fish stocks in BC
moves us to demand that DFO take steps immediately to meet it’s current constitutional obligations
to conserve and protect the fisheries resources of Canada.
We request:
• That observers and cameras be required during the harvesting and off-loading of
aquaculture salmon to assess by-catch of non-target species by this fishery.
• That the vessels transporting aquaculture salmon be licensed like all other commercial
fishing vessels;
• That the Pacific Fishery Regulations (1993) Section 8 Prohibited Fishing Methods be
enforced. All brilliant submerged and above water lights should be removed from the
aquaculture facilities to prevent all wild prey and predator species from being drawn to and
into the pens and to reduce anthropogenic activities that may disrupt these natural
interactions.
As Justice Hinkson wrote in his landmark decision, “The inclusion of fisheries in s. 91(12) of the
Constitution Act, 1867 was a recognition that fisheries, as a national resource, require uniformity of
the legislation”. We feel certain that the aquaculture industry will be the first to agree that they can
comply with the laws of Canada.
Standing by,
First Last Fishery Company/boa
t
Town
Megan Adams Sport Victoria BC
Roland Alcock Sport Sooke BC
Terry Anderson Sport Victoria BC
Nicholas Anderson Sport Wilson WY
Lorne Avery Sport Sidney BC
Susan Baerg Sport Yale BC
Darwin Baerg Sport Yale BC
Will Baerg Sport Spences
Bridge
BC
Rick Baerg Queen
Charlotte
BC
Warren Bailey Sport Qualicum
Beach
BC
Sandy Bailey Sport Qualicum
Beach
BC
Marcel Bauer shrimp, prawns, herring Victoria BC
Tony Bermath Sport Nanaimo BC
Bob Bland Troller F Coquitlam BC
Andrea Block Area H Troll MV Stacey
Rock
Cortes
Island
BC
Vic Booth Sport Nanoose
Bay
BC
Steve Booth Sport Surrey BC
Jim Bos Sport Muskegon MI
Alex, Donal,
Andrea
Boudreau Cortes
Island
BC
Gary Bowing Commercial/Sport Delta BC
Tawnya Bruce Freshwater Sport Garibaldi
Highlands
BC
Gary D. Cadorin Retired Commercial, Sport Nanaimo BC
Robert Cameron Gillnet c,d,e hallibut, roe on
kelp
Pender
Harbour
BC
Bob Cameron Retired Prawn, Sport Courtney BC
Keith Chauvel Troller CFV25127 Port
Coquitlam
BC
Darryl Clarke Sport Squamish BC
Dan Claxton Seine Tsawout
first nation
in
Saanichton
BC
William Clegg Sport Sonoma CA
Sara Clegg Sport Sonoma CA
Jack Cooley Sport Squamish BC
Jim Crawford Commercial fishing Magazine
editor
Vancouver BC
Barry Crow Sport, Octopus, Gillnet C & D Duncan BC
Ernie Daley Sport Comox BC
Gerald Dalum Commercial Halibut, Rockfish S. BC
Cranbrook
Gerry Davis Troller Campbell
River
BC
Mark Deitz Sport Calgary BC
Jim Dorval Sport Prince
George
BC
Roy DuLong concerned Tahsis BC
David Faiquier Sport Vancouver BC
John Flaherty Sport Buffalo
Grove
IL
Shaun Flanagan Sport Campbell
River
BC
Mark Forand Salmon & Halibut Comox BC
Ron Fowler Troller F Kitsilano BC
Betty Franklin Salmon & Halibut Comox BC
Galyn Franklin Prawn and Halibut Cumberland BC
Shane Gallop Commercial
salmon/shri
mp/herring
Pacific Net &
Twine Ltd.
Parksville BC
Patrick Garlepp Salmon &
Herring
Argent 1 BC
Ben Gelfant Sport BC
Grant Goodfellow Troller Gabriola
Island
BC
Jill Gotto Sport Whistler BC
Lynn Groberman Sport Vancouver BC
Mike Guns Victoria BC
Anita Guns Sport Victoria BC
Dave Haddad Sport Terrace BC
Ruth Haddad Sport Terrace BC
Colleen Haddad Sport Terrace BC
Sarah Hamilton Sport Port McNeill BC
George Hamilton Sport Victoria BC
Jane Hastings
Ph.D
Sport Saanichton BC
David Healey Troller G Hook and Line
Groundfish
Bowser BC
Margaret Healey Troller G Hook and Line
Groundfish
Bowser BC
Jon Healey Sport Salt Spring BC
Arnie Hengstler Gillnett D
Crab H
The Fishery
Seafood's Ltd
Saltspring BC
Arnie Hengstler Gillnet, Salmon D Ganges BC
Steve Hidber Sport Smithers BC
John Hird Troller Norgale Comox BC
Stan Hislop Sport Abbotsford BC
Leanne Hodges Sport Cortes
Island
BC
Steven Hodges Sport Chicago IL
Ross Holkestad Seine, Herring Seine, Herring Surrey BC
Gillnet, Halibut
Jonathon Hunter Troller Queen
Charlotte
Seafoods
Ltd
Queen
Charlottes
BC
Jim Hurford Troller BC
Bob Hutchinson Sport Victoria BC
Jim Johnson Troller M/V Born
Again
Comox BC
Lynn Johnson Toller G Courtney BC
Brian Jones Sport Squamish BC
Larry Kancs Sport N.
Vancouver
BC
Mike Keeling Sport Creston BC
Mike Keeling Sport Creston BC
Darren Kennard Sport Burnaby BC
Tracy Kirkendale Sport Victoria BC
John Kirkendale Sport Victoria BC
Cynthia Kraus Nanaimo BC
John Kurtz Troller F Victoria BC
Vernon Little Sport Atlanta US
A
Don Lloyd Sport W.
Vancouver
BC
Clayton Lloyd-
Jones
Sport Terrace BC
Terry Lubzinski Gillnet C & D Steveston BC
Jordon MacDonald Gillnet Maple Ridge BC
Tyson Mackay Sport, Whale Watching
Operator
Sointula BC
Mona Madill Food Fishery Alert Bay BC
Mira Malatesti
nic
Salmon &
Herring
Argent 1 Vancouver BC
John Malcolm Halibut, Prawn, Sport Pender
Harbour
BC
Randy Marchant Sport Squamish BC
John Matsen sports fisherman, excommercial
salmon troller
W.
Vancouver
BC
Brian McKinlay Guide Silversides
Fishing
Vancouver BC
Don McKinnon Sport Galiano
Island
BC
Carl McLaughlin Sport Kamloops BC
Peter McMullan Sport Nanaimo BC
Jeff Mikus shrimp, prawns, herring Tofino BC
Craig Murray Sport Owner Nimmo
Bay Resort
Port McNeill BC
John Mussey Sport San
Francisco
CA
Frank Nakashima Commercial President , Vancouver BC
Pacific Net &
Twine Ltd.
Glen Neidrauer Prawn, Sport, Patrolman Courtney BC
Vic Nelson Troller F Victoria BC
Tim Noot Troller G, F Comox BC
Fred Nordvoll Commercial Armour
Rock
BC
Michael Orlowski Sport Squamish BC
Thor Peterson Sport Campbell
River
BC
Ronald Piters Sport Delta BC
Mike Price Sport Smithers BC
David Radford Sport Comox BC
William Rambo Sport Arlington WA
Greg Rebar Fishery Technician Whistler BC
Anissa Reed Sport Qualicum
Beach
BC
Freyja Reed Sport Qualicum
Beach
BC
Neil Remmem Commercial Halfmoon
Bay
BC
Scott Renyard Sport/Streamkeeper New
Westminster
BC
Jennifer Rice Sport Prince
Rupert
BC
Scott Robinson Sport Calgary AB
Scott Rogers Sport Simoom
Sound
BC
Martin Rogers Sport Nanaimo BC
Paul Rothe Victoria BC
Tom Russell Troller Port Hardy BC
Zach Sanchioni Sport Vancouver BC
Ana Santos Sport Squamish BC
Dan Schubart Conservation Fisher Port Alberni BC
Bill Shemming Troller G, F Ladysmith BC
Romney Shipway Sport Cortes
Island
BC
David Shipway Sport/Subsistence Cortes I. BC
Paul Siemens Sport W.
Vancouver
BC
Cailyn Siider Gillnet C & D Sointula BC
Calvin Siider Commercial Halibut, shrimp
and Salmon
Sointula BC
Crystal Siider Commercial Halibut, shrimp
and Salmon
Sointula BC
Wayne Sjostrom Troller #25409 Parksville BC
Terry &
Sharon
Slack Commercial Salmon Vancouver BC
Steve Snyder Sport Vancouver BC
Will Soltau Sport Sointula BC
Jim Barnum Freshwater Sport Whistler BC
Herb Spiers Sport Yale BC
Barbara Stetski Sport Langley BC
Bill Stonehous
e
Troller
F,G,H
CFV SUUNTA Powell River BC
George Stonehous
e
Troller
Salmon,
herring
gillnet
reaper 1 Hornby
Island
BC
Judy and Bill Sturgis Sport Gardnerville NV
Gord Suomi Troller Fort Langley BC
Valeria Taylor Sport Nile Creek
Fly Shop
Qualicum
Beach
BC
Lonney Tewkesbur
y
Sport Qualicum
Beach
BC
Gary Thomas Sport Tofino BC
Patrick Thomas Sport Ucluelet BC
Bob Thompson Sport New Denver BC
Bonnie Thompson Sport Pender
Island
BC
Jim Todhunter Sport Commercial
Aquatics/DB
Perks and
Associates
N.
Vancouver
BC
Bob Tritschler Sport BC
David Upper sport CFV311440 Bowser BC
Bob Vadas Freshwater Sport Orono ME
Shaun Vanderber
g
Guide Parksville BC
Rob Vreugde Sport N.
Vancouver
BC
Brian Wadhams Gillnet Alert Bay BC
Gordon Wasden Commercial President,
Aboriginal
Fishing
Vessels
Owners
Association
Vancouver BC
Bob Waters Sport Blind Bay BC
Steve Watson Troller Tuna & salmon Maple Ridge BC
Fred Watts Sport Sointula BC
Randall While Amatuer Vancouver BC
Larry Whittaker Toller G Nanaimo BC
Eric Wickham Retired commerical
salmon/halibut/sablefish
Vancouver BC
Carlton Wilkinson Sport Victoria BC
Alan Wilson Sport Gabriola
Island
BC
Peter Wilson Troller H Little Stormer Courtney BC
 
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