fishingbc
Active Member
simple answer...the SFAB WAS NOT ORGANIZED or taken seriously enough back then...since then DFO and the commercial sector has always counted on our sector being that way.....fragmented, disorganized, satisfied with the status-quo.....well those days are gone.....new day...new beginning.... no more lying down taking it on the chin....that's just the way its gonna be from now on....
Correction. Commercial fishermen blame DFO for where we are today. What did not happen between 2003 and today is the problem. The RDG stuck his head in the sand long enough to get a great big pension instead of working on this issue. Like it or not there was a postion made in 2003 from the Minister of the day and because there was enough fish around nobody worked on a solution for the future until we ended up in the present day situation. Pretty sure if someone looked back at the HAB minutes for 2004-2006 the SFAB couldn't bother to attend. Had we started working on this problem after the announcement we could have been in front of the user fee act that now stands in the way of much of what we are trying to accomplish.
I still think there is a way to make this all work if we can get some level headed, progressive thinking people in a room and find some solutions. Question; why have the SFAB PHMA and FN not demanded that the US fleet be severly limited in our waters. DD, whom ever he/she is, is bang on that we need to work this out together.