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[snowwhite]

I Herd that we as of FishingGuides are going to need. As of May1 The MarineAdvancedFirstAid Level1. And the SVOP by Nov1. Can anyone comfirm. Thanks Snowwhite

[Tailspin]

Who's Transport Canada? They still around?[)]

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[The Fog Ducker]

I just completed my " MED A3" doing my SVOP in 2 weeks , I will ask my instructor on Sunday , VHF Course ( Radio Operator's Card ), cheers , FD....



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[LastChance]

Far as I know, no req for marine first aid.

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[Tips Up]

Last I heard the requirement was MED3 and Radio Operator Card. This is what I was told last year when I took these courses.
Can anyone confirm this?

I know some lodges require more but that is a company policy.

Thanks,
Tips

[Sitkaspruce]

Completed my MED3 and SVOP last month. Pretty straight forward course, but the instructor was very set in his ways about how things are to be done.

Cheers

SS

[richmake]

I've done all the courses and the inspections for the vessel.
I could go on and on about how the process is flawed but we have heard it all before...
The real truth is that Transport Canada really has no clear juristiction in our business and your insurance is what needs to be looked after properly...
I still can't believe that independant operaters such as I have to go through such a process/requirments but the larger outfits/lodges can still charge people huge money and let them run around un-guided in small tin/fiberglass boats with no experience what so ever, and that somehow seems o.k.
The process is flawed beyond belief...

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[The Fish Assassin]

Time to clean it all up into 1 guide licence?

Take only what you need.

[LastChance]

Probably a good idea to license guides. It would certainly thin the herd a little bit, and is the norm most places. Have a limited number of guides, have each guy licensed to guide a certain place, and call it good. BEsides, it would make your guiding business worth something once you are ready to sell, as I understand in Washington the only way to become a saltwater guide is to buy a guys biz.

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[Nimo]

IO bet Jimmy P or Oak Bay Marine group would love that. The guide industry does not need more consolidation any more than it needs more regulation. The little guys have historicaly provided the necessary capacity for the overflow time, ie July and August, and are necessary to both the industry and the recreational economy.

I'm not in favour of licensing saltwater guides, but if a rumour starts I'll be the second one to get out there and sign up, and restart a small guide operation. Don't forget, you're not commercial fishing, you're providing a platform from which sporties can access the fish. Right?

I'll add that when we talk of licensing guides and making it so that the only way we can guide is to buy a license from another guide, we are setting up yet another self-indulged preferred user group. This is not the way I would see "our" recreational fishery going.

"BEsides, it would make your guiding business worth something once you are ready to sell."

Doesn't that sound a little like the halibut quota?