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Commercial halibut allocation comes with lots of expenses
By Steve Lewis, Courier-Islander December 22, 2010 12:00 AM
(Rebuttal to Rob Allcock's letter of Friday, Dec. 10 Courier-Islander - 2010 Halibut Season in Peril.)
Maybe you should do some research on what you are speaking about. As President of the Sports Fishing Institute you should maybe go back a few years and remember that it was the Sports Fishing Institute that signed the 88/12 split with the commercial fleet and were happy at the time.
The Total Allowable Catch was 13 million pounds at that time and the sports sector could not catch their 12 per cent so our powers that be leased out your remaining poundage to the commercial fleet.
Yes the TAC went down in the past few years, seven million in 2010. So we all have to take cuts to ensure we have future stocks. So why should the sports sector think they should have more, let me rephrase that, not the true sports fishermen, but the commercial sports charter boats and lodges, etc. who pay no licence fees except for a personal salt water licence?
Being the president you should know that the sports sector is not accountable at all for what you are catching. You have what the commercial fleets call a derby fishery - just keep on catching with no record of pieces or poundage.
The commercial fleet pays heavily to take their fish each year, $1,000 each year to register with the research company. Annual licence fees to DFO of 10 cents per pound. Tags on every halibut tail which cost the fishermen 17 cents each.
Log books at $75 each and lots of viewing charges for our cameras of $200 per. Yes cameras. All longline vessels have two cameras and computer that are turned on as we leave port and we track on GPS for the balance of the trip. The two cameras run 24/7 when we are hauling and setting gear.
Each fish is counted by the skipper and crews and hand written in the log book. If those numbers don't match what the research company sees on our hard drive we are subject to expensive audits.
We pay on everything. If we release a dog fish that costs us a mortality fee. So Rob, before you cry any more, just think how good your sports fishery is right now. Hope Santa brings you a big towel.
Merry Christmas to All
Steve Lewis,
Commercial Halibut Fishermen
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Commercial halibut allocation comes with lots of expenses
By Steve Lewis, Courier-Islander December 22, 2010 12:00 AM
(Rebuttal to Rob Allcock's letter of Friday, Dec. 10 Courier-Islander - 2010 Halibut Season in Peril.)
Maybe you should do some research on what you are speaking about. As President of the Sports Fishing Institute you should maybe go back a few years and remember that it was the Sports Fishing Institute that signed the 88/12 split with the commercial fleet and were happy at the time.
The Total Allowable Catch was 13 million pounds at that time and the sports sector could not catch their 12 per cent so our powers that be leased out your remaining poundage to the commercial fleet.
Yes the TAC went down in the past few years, seven million in 2010. So we all have to take cuts to ensure we have future stocks. So why should the sports sector think they should have more, let me rephrase that, not the true sports fishermen, but the commercial sports charter boats and lodges, etc. who pay no licence fees except for a personal salt water licence?
Being the president you should know that the sports sector is not accountable at all for what you are catching. You have what the commercial fleets call a derby fishery - just keep on catching with no record of pieces or poundage.
The commercial fleet pays heavily to take their fish each year, $1,000 each year to register with the research company. Annual licence fees to DFO of 10 cents per pound. Tags on every halibut tail which cost the fishermen 17 cents each.
Log books at $75 each and lots of viewing charges for our cameras of $200 per. Yes cameras. All longline vessels have two cameras and computer that are turned on as we leave port and we track on GPS for the balance of the trip. The two cameras run 24/7 when we are hauling and setting gear.
Each fish is counted by the skipper and crews and hand written in the log book. If those numbers don't match what the research company sees on our hard drive we are subject to expensive audits.
We pay on everything. If we release a dog fish that costs us a mortality fee. So Rob, before you cry any more, just think how good your sports fishery is right now. Hope Santa brings you a big towel.
Merry Christmas to All
Steve Lewis,
Commercial Halibut Fishermen
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