I fish(ed) the bluffs and would love to have attended this meeting but having only noticed this thread today and living in Maple Bay it is impossible to attend. I wonder if my question to the DFO can be done by proxy, if so would someone on this forum, who can attend, do it on my behalf. Blackmax?
My questions/requests are:
1. Will the DFO please provide verifiable data, of the negative impact that the individual sectors, commercial, aboriginal and recreational have had on Chinook numbers in BC over the past 10 years. In other words how has each sector affected Chinook stocks as a percentage of overall stocks.
2. It is my opinion that the sector that has the least impact on fish stocks, by a huge margin, "recreational", has unfairly suffered the largest financial burden which is affecting the economy of BC. Will the DFO provide data, by sector, of how the economy of BC in 2019 has been affected by the 2019 measures and can they justify it when applying the percentages as described above.
3. Needless to say the DFO should be able to provide answers to 1 and 2 above for all species of salmon.
I hope someone will take this up and present my questions.
PM me if you want my full details.