Serengeti is right we can't do anything...only thing we all can hope is that there is heavy discussion this winter with all groups with this halibut allocation situations to find better solutions. I know for a fact those groups are working behind the scenes, and there a very steep fight ahead of us. I know why this and many other lodges did it to survive. This is a setback, and we need as a collective group to obtain more quota....And that fight will have to be made by lobbying in Ottawa......
It really sucks that this is happening, but if we had more fish this wouldn't have happened.... It's disappointing for our community, but businesses sometimes make tough choices to survive unfortunately. The economic impact of the restrictions is substantial as many of you know, and at the end of the day you have to do what makes sense to remain profitable as a business. BTW I am not in one way supporting this at all.
Personally I thought I wouldn't see the day. Quite honestly I am sure the business isn't proud to do this in the least, and the backlash from the community will be well heard....
I hope next year we can get more fish, so that we don't have to see more of this. Just very disappointing news mostly that it has gotten to this point....
This is exactly the kind of BS that got us to where we are now.
Sorry High five and anyone else that can reluctantly justify this in this manner. but this is the exact type of justification that happens over and over.
In my opinion, It is not ok to say I don't like it but I can understand why they are doing it.
This is no different than any of the other things that have been justified by BUSINESS while knowingly eroding at the very core of sport fishing, fish stocks and habitat. The Fact is by taking advantage of this program they are saying the following.
"My short term business needs and desire to make a profit are more important than ensuring access to sport fishing remains for all Canadians." They are saying
"too bad for all you Canadians that can not afford or choose not to use the services of a lodge and guide". They are saying that "
Profit margins trump everything else regardless of the long term affect". They are saying in plain English "
We accept and welcome the idea that if a man wants to take his son or daughter fishing they are damn well going to have to pay someone like me to do it.
Too many times we have found ourselves hearing one version or another of why we caved and bought into it only to find ourselves looking in the rear-view mirror at what once was and wondering
"how did we let this happen."
Lastly I am sad to read the words "but if we had more fish this wouldn't have happened".
It troubles me because you are not wrong in saying that. If we had more of the pie and there was more fish we would not be seeing our selves being divided and angry. We would be fishing as usual and businesses would be doing business as usual, and very few people if any at all would even notice how wrong and dangerous the current system is to our sport and the fish. Very few except those who always have, would dedicate much more than a complaint here and there to try to put a stop to big business taking our right to access away from us. So yes that is a true statement,
until there is not enough fish anymore .Tthen we would be right where we are today battling a system that we all know will destroy and end public access to the fish ,
(unless we can afford to pay the big boyz) Wen that gets to hard we will divide and those with enough money will buy into it as a means of
SELF preservation. well here we are!!!
I applaud and commend all and every business large or small that has decided to
not buy into this crap and continue to try to find long term solutions over the short term ones that will ensure profit today over access tomorrow.
"If only there was more fish That would fix everything."
NOT
