searun
Well-Known Member
Invitation/Expression of Interest:
Dear Fellow Avid Anglers and Guides,
DFO, SFI and the WCFGA invite you to attend a webinar on either Monday June 1, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. for participants who fish inside waters of the Salish Sea and Mainland Inlet waters of the North Island – Area 12. Alternatively, for those who fish the West Coast of Vancouver Island, we will be meeting Tuesday June 2, at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss extraordinary catch monitoring requirements for the 2020 fishery. We will need your help if we are to provide additional opportunity for chinook in 2020 and beyond in Southern BC.
We are fortunate that the activity of fishing is considered an essential service based on the need for families to gather food, but highly restrictive social distancing protocols remain in place which has forced many lodges and charter operations to close.
Another important activity that is currently restricted by Covid 19 is the Creel Survey. While overflights are still taking place that will capture instantaneous effort, the creel survey may be limited in some areas in terms of fishing interviews and biological sampling which leaves a gap in terms of CPUE and stock composition information.
As you are all no doubt aware, in Southern BC we are currently operating in a highly precautionary management regime for our chinook fishery in order to protect threatened and endangered Interior Fraser Chinook populations. The SFAB has provided a series of proposals to provide for opportunity without adding impact to stocks of concern, but these fisheries will require a high degree of catch monitoring in order to be implemented. This is where participation in the guide catch logbook and Avid Angler programs can step up and help assure improved access to chinook retention in Southern BC. There has never been a greater need for all anglers to step up and help gather the critical catch and stock composition information that is required in order to prove the low risk associated with the SFAB proposals.
Please join us (see the web meeting link below, and sign-up form) as we discuss the issue and create a plan together to ensure that the information we need is gathered in a consistent and defensible manner.
Regards,
SFI, WCFGA & DFO
June 1 @ 7:00 p.m. – for participants who fish Salish Sea or Mainland areas of North Island Area 12
June 2 @ 7:00 p.m. – for participants who fish WCVI and North Island Areas 10; 110; 111
Avid Angler & Guide Logbook Meeting
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/148861109
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (646) 749-3117
Access Code: 148-861-109
More phone numbers
Canada: +1 (647) 497-9373
New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:
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Dear Fellow Avid Anglers and Guides,
DFO, SFI and the WCFGA invite you to attend a webinar on either Monday June 1, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. for participants who fish inside waters of the Salish Sea and Mainland Inlet waters of the North Island – Area 12. Alternatively, for those who fish the West Coast of Vancouver Island, we will be meeting Tuesday June 2, at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss extraordinary catch monitoring requirements for the 2020 fishery. We will need your help if we are to provide additional opportunity for chinook in 2020 and beyond in Southern BC.
We are fortunate that the activity of fishing is considered an essential service based on the need for families to gather food, but highly restrictive social distancing protocols remain in place which has forced many lodges and charter operations to close.
Another important activity that is currently restricted by Covid 19 is the Creel Survey. While overflights are still taking place that will capture instantaneous effort, the creel survey may be limited in some areas in terms of fishing interviews and biological sampling which leaves a gap in terms of CPUE and stock composition information.
As you are all no doubt aware, in Southern BC we are currently operating in a highly precautionary management regime for our chinook fishery in order to protect threatened and endangered Interior Fraser Chinook populations. The SFAB has provided a series of proposals to provide for opportunity without adding impact to stocks of concern, but these fisheries will require a high degree of catch monitoring in order to be implemented. This is where participation in the guide catch logbook and Avid Angler programs can step up and help assure improved access to chinook retention in Southern BC. There has never been a greater need for all anglers to step up and help gather the critical catch and stock composition information that is required in order to prove the low risk associated with the SFAB proposals.
Please join us (see the web meeting link below, and sign-up form) as we discuss the issue and create a plan together to ensure that the information we need is gathered in a consistent and defensible manner.
Regards,
SFI, WCFGA & DFO
June 1 @ 7:00 p.m. – for participants who fish Salish Sea or Mainland areas of North Island Area 12
June 2 @ 7:00 p.m. – for participants who fish WCVI and North Island Areas 10; 110; 111
Avid Angler & Guide Logbook Meeting
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/148861109
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (646) 749-3117
Access Code: 148-861-109
More phone numbers
Canada: +1 (647) 497-9373
New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:
https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/148861109
