fish brain
Crew Member
DFO has basically shut down the south coast to salmon fishing. Some will argue that there are areas open to fish, but in reality for the majority of us we are sitting at home for most of the summer. April Fools has come and gone with promises of a decision coming soon. And yet we are all just griping about our lost opportunities and hoping that they will follow the SFAB's (who can only advise, thus the A in SFAB) recommendation to allow us a marked select fishery. And still we wait.....And wait........And wait.
I am tired of waiting. The ENGO's have money and lawyers on their side, we have volunteers who give countless hours of their time and need to be recognized for all their hard work. But at the end of the day money talks an BS walks.
I say we hire a legal team to represent the sport fishers of BC. I don't know which organization would be best, or could actually do it, maybe the Public Fishery Alliance? If everyone on the forum ponied up say $500 and we hit up industry, and started a media campaign, maybe we could actually raise enough to mount a credible challenge to DFO/ Ministry of Fisheries to let them know 1) we have had enough 2) we are prepared to fight for our right to fish along with the other stake holders.
So in the spirit of my post I pledge $500.00 to start things off.
Who is in?
What group is prepared to take this to court?
I am tired of waiting. The ENGO's have money and lawyers on their side, we have volunteers who give countless hours of their time and need to be recognized for all their hard work. But at the end of the day money talks an BS walks.
I say we hire a legal team to represent the sport fishers of BC. I don't know which organization would be best, or could actually do it, maybe the Public Fishery Alliance? If everyone on the forum ponied up say $500 and we hit up industry, and started a media campaign, maybe we could actually raise enough to mount a credible challenge to DFO/ Ministry of Fisheries to let them know 1) we have had enough 2) we are prepared to fight for our right to fish along with the other stake holders.
So in the spirit of my post I pledge $500.00 to start things off.
Who is in?
What group is prepared to take this to court?