cuttlefish
Well-Known Member
Fish Hunter, I'm back. It took me a while to read thru this thread and the Accountability thread you started earlier. Lots of chatter about whether the present system is or isn't accurate, not many thoughts about how to make it better. None the less, good to learn about where there are flaws.
I have a suggestion, offered in good faith and as an attempt to give the 'make-it-better' ball more momentum which I think you are trying to get rolling. BTW,Thanks for doing that.
Logbooks for all charters mandatory. Catch reporting could be digital or manual, delivered to a central database in a timely fashion. Database could be maintained by DFO, SFAB or independent, whichever SFAB considers appropriate. No more need for creel surveyors to target charter boats. Surveyor could concentrate on non-charters (even if there are only limited numbers to report). Creel survey data goes to the same database.
This database could be querried to learn times and areas of high and low catches, and also for amount of charter catch vs. non-charter.
Just some thoughts... for what they're worth.
I have a suggestion, offered in good faith and as an attempt to give the 'make-it-better' ball more momentum which I think you are trying to get rolling. BTW,Thanks for doing that.
Logbooks for all charters mandatory. Catch reporting could be digital or manual, delivered to a central database in a timely fashion. Database could be maintained by DFO, SFAB or independent, whichever SFAB considers appropriate. No more need for creel surveyors to target charter boats. Surveyor could concentrate on non-charters (even if there are only limited numbers to report). Creel survey data goes to the same database.
This database could be querried to learn times and areas of high and low catches, and also for amount of charter catch vs. non-charter.
Just some thoughts... for what they're worth.