searun
Well-Known Member
People are asking - what can I do to help? Our fishery is under attack, and there is a movement to close down recreational fishing opportunity. 3 simple (no cost) things:
1) Use your personal social media to boost awareness and ASK people you know to speak out as Third Party Endorers of the value of the Public Fishery
2) Speak to your friends and family
3) Speak to Candidates in the upcoming Federal Election - ask them what they propose to do to support and protect Canada's Public Fishery
Please join us - we need an army of foot soldiers!
Everyone can and should go to your social media to build a movement! It costs nothing, and is an effective way to reach a lot of people in a short period of time. Create a political movement on the eve of an election - one of the most effective ways is going to social media as individuals and spreading awareness of the issues (Public Fishery under attack) and the value of our fishery. The power of One. If every One of us starts posting and sharing, we will build a movement.
As stewards of the Public Fishery its important to understand the environment we are working within. Looking over the horizon, we have competing interests and multiple challenges at play and a need to find a reasonable balance. That is difficult in an environment where we face a number of key challenges such as:
o Impacts of Climate Change on salmon abundance – shift in both fresh water and ocean conditions impacting especially S-1 Stream-Type Chinook
o Impacts of predation on out-migrant smolts
o Competition for prey species important to Chinook – herring, crab, krill
o A Reconciliation agenda & demands against an Allocation Policy
o Prospects of a COSEWIC listing for a number of Chinook Stocks and more proscriptive management measures
o ENGO groups who see the solution as simply closing down recreational and commercial fishing
o A public and community leadership that is not fully aware of the social and economic impacts on small coastal communities – we have de-valued the recreational fishery
o An environment where decisions are more likely to be driven by political agendas that invoke the precautionary principle without fully considering the fall out
Quite simply our recreational fishery is at a cross roads – The recent Fraser River Chinook Conservation Measures and options creates a noxious environment for the future success of the recreational fishery
2 Conditions must exist for the Rec Fishery to thrive – “Opportunity and Expectation of catch. Without those, people who would pay the economic cost of entry into the fishery – will simply make other decisions where they spend their discretionary dollars – remember, these are discretionary $
Management measures that chip away at expectation of catch, and opportunity to pursue fish translate into individual consumer decisions – quite simply like electricity – money will go the path of least resistance.
Data from BC Stats report on BC’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Sectors (Nov 2018):
o Real GDP associated with sport fishing activities increased for a fifth straight year, rising 5.8% to $389.8 million in 2016.
o Sport fishing was the largest industry in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, accounting for 39% of the sector’s total GDP, and employing 60% of the workers in this sector.
o An estimated 9,000 people were employed by the sport fishing industry in 2016, slightly less (-1.1%) than in the previous year.
o Wages and salaries earned by employees in the sport fishing industry rose 5.8% to $236.5 million in 2016.
o Sport fishing revenues were estimated at $1.1 billion in 2016, up 6.7% over the 2015 value.
Ø Canada’s rec fishery value is worth protecting – the fishery has significant value
Ø We have a responsibility to carefully manage our fishery to protect Economic and Social Benefits
Ø 9000 people employed – these are real jobs, real families, and tremendous uncertainty over their futures
Ø Allocation Policy – responsibility to max benefits for Canada
Ø Balance between protecting Chinook stocks of concern, while also protecting associated social and economic values
1) Use your personal social media to boost awareness and ASK people you know to speak out as Third Party Endorers of the value of the Public Fishery
2) Speak to your friends and family
3) Speak to Candidates in the upcoming Federal Election - ask them what they propose to do to support and protect Canada's Public Fishery
Please join us - we need an army of foot soldiers!
Everyone can and should go to your social media to build a movement! It costs nothing, and is an effective way to reach a lot of people in a short period of time. Create a political movement on the eve of an election - one of the most effective ways is going to social media as individuals and spreading awareness of the issues (Public Fishery under attack) and the value of our fishery. The power of One. If every One of us starts posting and sharing, we will build a movement.
As stewards of the Public Fishery its important to understand the environment we are working within. Looking over the horizon, we have competing interests and multiple challenges at play and a need to find a reasonable balance. That is difficult in an environment where we face a number of key challenges such as:
o Impacts of Climate Change on salmon abundance – shift in both fresh water and ocean conditions impacting especially S-1 Stream-Type Chinook
o Impacts of predation on out-migrant smolts
o Competition for prey species important to Chinook – herring, crab, krill
o A Reconciliation agenda & demands against an Allocation Policy
o Prospects of a COSEWIC listing for a number of Chinook Stocks and more proscriptive management measures
o ENGO groups who see the solution as simply closing down recreational and commercial fishing
o A public and community leadership that is not fully aware of the social and economic impacts on small coastal communities – we have de-valued the recreational fishery
o An environment where decisions are more likely to be driven by political agendas that invoke the precautionary principle without fully considering the fall out
Quite simply our recreational fishery is at a cross roads – The recent Fraser River Chinook Conservation Measures and options creates a noxious environment for the future success of the recreational fishery
2 Conditions must exist for the Rec Fishery to thrive – “Opportunity and Expectation of catch. Without those, people who would pay the economic cost of entry into the fishery – will simply make other decisions where they spend their discretionary dollars – remember, these are discretionary $
Management measures that chip away at expectation of catch, and opportunity to pursue fish translate into individual consumer decisions – quite simply like electricity – money will go the path of least resistance.
Data from BC Stats report on BC’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Sectors (Nov 2018):
o Real GDP associated with sport fishing activities increased for a fifth straight year, rising 5.8% to $389.8 million in 2016.
o Sport fishing was the largest industry in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, accounting for 39% of the sector’s total GDP, and employing 60% of the workers in this sector.
o An estimated 9,000 people were employed by the sport fishing industry in 2016, slightly less (-1.1%) than in the previous year.
o Wages and salaries earned by employees in the sport fishing industry rose 5.8% to $236.5 million in 2016.
o Sport fishing revenues were estimated at $1.1 billion in 2016, up 6.7% over the 2015 value.
Ø Canada’s rec fishery value is worth protecting – the fishery has significant value
Ø We have a responsibility to carefully manage our fishery to protect Economic and Social Benefits
Ø 9000 people employed – these are real jobs, real families, and tremendous uncertainty over their futures
Ø Allocation Policy – responsibility to max benefits for Canada
Ø Balance between protecting Chinook stocks of concern, while also protecting associated social and economic values
