How much you figure it costs you to do your yearly fishing trips etc?I don't often comment on threads like this but this is what I have personally confirmed with a FOC officer in Port Hardy.
1 - You may only transport or have in your possession your possession limit (2 daily limits).
2 - Fish that you eat while away on a fishing trip count toward your daily limit but not your possession limit.
3 - You can gift fish to anyone including those who do not have a fishing license. They are then no longer in your possession.
Those people can then transport fish as long as they don't have in their possession more than a possession limit for one person.
You do not need a license to possess sport fish only to fish for them.
4 - You can ship fish home by any means you like. But can not fish until they reach your residence.
I do note that the greed issue is usually pointed out by those who live very close to the fishery and effectively have no possession limit other than annual as they can take fish home daily or every couple of days.
I come from the interior at great expense and spend about 7 weeks on the water a year.
I rarely take more than 2 possession limits in a season.
I would like to know how many fish local Island fishermen put in their freezers every year.
I find 3 somewhat questionable. As I read the regs you need the fishers name and license number to transport fish ( from the DFO site). The only reason this makes sense is if these fish are still counted against your possession limit?I don't often comment on threads like this but this is what I have personally confirmed with a FOC officer in Port Hardy.
1 - You may only transport or have in your possession your possession limit (2 daily limits).
2 - Fish that you eat while away on a fishing trip count toward your daily limit but not your possession limit.
3 - You can gift fish to anyone including those who do not have a fishing license. They are then no longer in your possession.
Those people can then transport fish as long as they don't have in their possession more than a possession limit for one person.
You do not need a license to possess sport fish only to fish for them.
4 - You can ship fish home by any means you like. But can not fish until they reach your residence.
I do note that the greed issue is usually pointed out by those who live very close to the fishery and effectively have no possession limit other than annual as they can take fish home daily or every couple of days.
I come from the interior at great expense and spend about 7 weeks on the water a year.
I rarely take more than 2 possession limits in a season.
I would like to know how many fish local Island fishermen put in their freezers every year.
How much you figure it costs you to do your yearly fishing trips etc?
I find 3 somewhat questionable. As I read the regs you need the fishers name and license number to transport fish ( from the DFO site). The only reason this makes sense is if these fish are still counted against your possession limit?
I would like to know how many fish local Island fishermen put in their freezers every year.
Currently I have none, I fish a fair bit and would rather eat what I catch fresh.
I used to vacuum seal and freeze but it just isn't as good as fresh.
If there is ever a surplus I share with friends and family.
Not doubting you can give a fish to anyone? Just questioning why they would be exempt from the DFO transporting regulations which require a name and license number?You can give fish to anyone you want. Check it out.
Everyone on this thread is speculating.
Ask an officer in the field.
I did.
Not doubting you can give a fish to anyone? Just questioning why they would be exempt from the DFO transporting regulations which require a name and license number?
Yeah I got that. But then is not the fish, with your name, your number still considered in your possession while being transported until it reaches your normal residence? What difference does it make if you gave the person transporting it, the fish?The only license number they require is that of the person that gave them the fish.
The difference is that the license holder is never getting that fish back. It is now someone else's fish.Yeah I got that. But then is not the fish, with your name, your number still considered in your possession while being transported until it reaches your normal residence? What difference does it make if you gave the person transporting it, the fish?
And yet you posted on the thread? LolWho cares about all this crap, you guys have too much time on your hands,
Who cares about all this crap, you guys have too much time on your hands,
What a helpful reply. Move along. By the way, what's a Chinnok?Who cares about all this crap, you guys have too much time on your hands,