Howdy,
Such passion! Good to see so many concerned about the decline of the 'big-fish'.
Indeed, one thing is clear: we must remain united in our quest to conserve this resource for ALL, and keep the infighting or bickering amoungst us down to a dull-roar... after all, if we remain cohesive with 'one-voice' we are more likely to be heard by the decision-makers and vote-counters when we express our concerns.
Remember our ace-in-the-hole, our trump-card that should hold the ear of those in Ottawa: OF ALL USER GROUPS, SPORT-FISHERMEN CONTRIBUTE THE MOST ECONOMIC-BENIFIT (PER/POUND OF FISH TAKEN) DIRECTLY TO OUR PROVINCIAL/FEDERAL ECONOMY THAN ANY OTHER USER GROUP! More than the commercial's... and much, much more than the fish-farmers bring.
Let's start a brand-new lobbyist organization here on the West-Coast.
We'll call it the 'S.O.S - Pacific Group' (Save-Our-Springs).
We'll hold our inaugural meeting at the Empress with a big dinner and dance affair (with booze, buffet, dancing-girls, the works- just like we are polititians) and we'll discuss our platform/constitution around Chinook conservation issues like: over-fishing by all user-groups; habitat destruction/restoration; getting the Americans on board to discuss with us the mutual slaughter of each others fish in more orderly fashion; and... yeah okay Barbender, the requirement for further study of the Sasquatch's mating habits (my vote would be to simply have them listed along side our Island Elk in the L.E.H. next year).
What if they (Sasqatch's) have guns?
Cheers,
Terry