Shea Min Fisheries, Hon Gail
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
Shea.G@parl.gc.ca
>>
>> MacAulayL FishCritic, The Ho...
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
MacAulay.L@parl.gc.ca
>> Mr.MacCaulay is the Liberal Fisheries Critic
>>
>> Mr. Randy Kamp, M.P.
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
Kamp.R@parl.gc.ca
>> Randy Kamp is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries
>> and
>> lives in Maple Ridge
>>
>> Mr. Peter Arend Stoffer, M.P.
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca
>>
>> StofferOfficeHalifax, Peter
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
stoffp1@parl.gc.ca
>> Peter Stoffer is the NDP Fisheries Critic and a hard worker for our cause
>>
>> SultanL, Ralph
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
ralph.sultan.mla@leg.bc.ca
>> Ralph Sultan is an MLA on the Steelhead Committee and also on the Outdoor
>> Caucus
>>
>> KruegerL, Hon Kevin
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
kevin.krueger.mla@leg.bc.ca
>> Keven Krueger is also an MLA who has an interest in fisheries issues
>>
>> GordonPremier, Campbell
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
Officeofthepremier@gems9.gov.bc.ca
>> No explanation needed
>>
>> AustinN, Robin
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
robin.austin.mla@leg.bc.ca
>> Robin is the MLA for the Skeena and well versed in fisheries issues
>> BennettL, Bill
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
bill.bennett.mla@leg.bc.ca
>> Bill Bennett is the chair of the B.C. Provincial Outdoor Caucus
>>
>> StGermainSenator, Hon Gerry
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
stgerg@sen.parl.gc.ca
>> Gerry is a B.C. Senator with a long history of involvement with fisheries
>> issues.
>>
>> Dan Cody
>>
CodyD@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
>> Dan Cody is the Special Assistant for the Minister of Fisheries on the
>> West
>> Coast, his messages do not get filtered by the Mandarins
>>
>> Mr. Garry W. Breitkreuz, M.P.
>> E-mail Address(es):
>>
breitg1@parl.gc.ca
>> Garry is the chair of the Federal Outdoor Caucus and a strong advocate
>> for
>> hunters and anglers.
>>
>>
>> SOME POINTS OF INTEREST AN INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE.
>>
>> We were forced into a joint agreement with the commercial sector that
>> proposed the Federal Government would advance $35 million to buy out 8%
>> of
>> the commercial Halibut TAC and transfer this to the recreational sector.
>> The
>> recreational sector would repay the Federal Government over the ensuing
>> years through the imposition of a Halibut stamp on the recreational
>> fishing
>> licence.
>>
>> We then moved into the management of the 2008 fishery. In order to keep
>> within our quota it was necessary for us to lease Halibut quota from the
>> commercial sector. For various legal reasons the approximately $2 million
>> dollars was and is being held in trust by the Pacific Halibut Management
>> Association, (PHMA), the commercial sector. The SFAB gave out
>> instructions
>> throughout the season to release the money required to lease the needed
>> quota to keep our fishery within their allocation. The PHMA released an
>> initial amount but adamantly refused to release any further money causing
>> us
>> to exceed our quota. DFO, who was supposed to be coordinating these
>> transactions, took the unprecedented action of closing the recreational
>> fishery. This closure was put in place in spite of the written commitment
>> from the Minister that there would be no "in-season" closures of the
>> recreational fishery. This action was also taken in spite of the fact
>> that
>> Canada left more Halibut in the water unharvested at the end of the 2008
>> season than the total overage of the recreational sector.
>>
>> Simply put, there was no conservation concern, Canada did not harvest
>> its'
>> Total Allowable Catch for Halibut, DFO simply decided that those fish
>> were
>> the property of the commercial sector and shut us down.
>>
>> So we have ourselves entering into an agreement with the commercial
>> sector
>> as the Minister and DFO demanded of us. We then have the commercial
>> sector,
>> acting in breach of trust and negating that agreement and one year later
>> on
>> February 12th of 2009. we finally received a letter from the current
>> Minister of Fisheries and Oceans rejecting our proposals out of hand.