BINGO and Thomas Sewid somes up the attack on all sectors very nice, Don't expect a herring ban or gillnet ban to help out the sports fishermen sector because it won't. All it does is give more power to those that want to shut everything down.
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I really feel for the people wanting gillnets banned, for they have fallen for the government and environmental rhetoric of divide and conquer. We North American Indians know all too well how this process works by outside influences tossing we Indians a bone with little meat on it to fight among ourselves over. Something we have learned to avoid, but now I see non-natives falling for the same trick. Know your history, so one is never destined to repeat its failures.
It's pathetic really, for Pacific Balance Pinniped Society has and is proving beyond a doubt that a united force is something government and anti pinniped harvesters do not want to see happen. Seeing in that last few months how First Nations, commercial and sport fisherman as well as environmental leaning parties such as Eco-tourism operators all support a controlled pinniped harvest to help protect fin fish species. Soon the environmental organizations will have no choice but to support our group and a controlled pinniped harvest.
This united force knows that in order to really protect our salmon, steel head sturgeon and other fin fish, 1st and foremost the over population of pinnipeds in two countries needs to be controlled. The spin off would be increased numbers of fin fish with whales and humans enjoying the bounty.
Mark my words, once a ban on gillnets anywhere is conducted, sport fisherman will be losing access to fishing areas and species. If one non-native group has to forfeit, so shall the sport fisherman. The governments know the Constitution of Canada and laws in two countries are just too strong to infringe on North American Native Indian rights.
It's a very tough pill for non-natives to swallow with acceptance, but it's the reality of the path pursued by two countries governments for generations. That being said, one should really be supporting Pacific Balance Pinniped Society in Canada. U.S. salmon from three coastal U.S. states spend time in B.C. waters. Decreased pinniped numbers will only help keep salmon and steel head stocks strong for when they turn south and return to spawn in your states.
As for your supposed pinniped harvest in the Columbia River, y'all know more sea lions and even seals need to be harvested as soon as possible and in greater numbers post haste. The only way I see that happening is the U.S. non-Indians best be approaching the Indian tribes and reaching out in cooperation to start a powerful force such as what we are doing in B.C. with Pacific Balance Pinniped Society. Trust me, it's time to toss aside your opinion influenced with bigotry and learn to work together.
This is a new millennium we live in and if we are to enjoy the salmon and other fin fish abundance that we once did last millennium for many generations, y'all best learn to work together.
Please share and remember don't hang this messenger - heed the words and look to what Pacific Balance Pinniped Society is doing and about to do, with a united force cooperating regardless of color of skin, race and preferred fishing method. We do not define members as sport or commercial and we do not favor our First Nations members over any other.
