What’s DFO Decision?

What is going to be the DFO’s decision this 2012 Recreational Halibut Season?

Are we in for another shortened season this coming year?

These are some questions that we are asking?

It would be in the best interest of the DFO to resolve these issues at hand and make the necessary increase of allocation back to the public recreational fishers of Canada.

What do you think should be done with the Canadian Halibut Allocation policies?

No Closure

As our 2012 season begins, the DFO will be once again push forward with their so called allocation buy in program. Whatever you want to call it? This is just a twist to make the people of Canada think we should buy into this program. We’ve already bought into this program by buying a seasonal recreation license!

Please, if you are a recreational fishermen, stand up now and let the DFO know that this sell out to the commercial license holders will not be accepted!

Halibut Petition Campaign

 

To the Editor

The Federal Election provides us with the opportunity and the sense of urgency for everyone to get involved in the Halibut Issue.  With the use of political pressure we must force the Conservative Party to make a commitment to change their Halibut policy during the campaign.  This year’s late opening and early closure has already impacted our lives.  The uncertainty of when the Inseason closure will come is also causing problems.  Nobody can make plans to fish Halibut in August with certainty.  The precedent this Halibut Policy sets could be even more devastating.  We fear that Canadians will suffer the privatizing of other marine resources in the near future.

The Kitimat Halibut Allocation Task Force in concert with all the other BC Sport Fishing Coalition members is launching a Halibut Petition Campaign during the election.  We are requesting everyone to get involved in the Halibut Petition Campaign.  Please contact any Task Force member for the Petition and Poster.

We would be happy to fax or email you the Petition. The Petition will also be posted to our website shortly where it can be

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Step 1 Please print off the Petition, collect 15 signatures and then fax it to Stephen Harper, Jack Layton and Michael Ignatieff and the Sports Fishing Institute (SFI).  Please also fax it to Nathan Cullen and Clay Harmon in Skeena.  Fax Numbers are provided on the Petition.  The more, the better!

Step 2.  Please email the Poster and Petition to all your family, friends and fishing partners in your contact list and pass on the urgency for them to get involved.

The strength of the petition will be measured by the Politian’s by the collective total of signatures and the addresses of where the signatures originate.  Please also post this Petition and Poster on your Face Book page and share with your friends.  If everyone does a small part, collectively we will make a Big difference.

We the people of Canada own the Halibut resource.  We should not have to lease Halibut quota from a Commercial quota holder in order to fish for Halibut after the Inseason closure.  We each have a responsibility to defend our individual rights to this resource that the Conservative government has forgotten we collectively own.  As parents we have an inherent obligation to defend our children and grandchildren’s rights to fish for halibut and all other marine resources in the future.

Please join the Halibut Petition Campaign and stand with all Canadians to send a loud and clear message to the Political Party Leaders that “we the people own the Halibut resource!”.

EITHER WE STAND UP NOW OR BE STOOD UPON FOREVER! Rob Alcock SFI (Sport Fishing Institute)

Sincerely

Ron Wakita

Kitimat Halibut Allocation Task Force

 

 

Halibut Petition with Skeena Canditates fax numbers

2011_Halibut Skeena petition to the the aspiring PM’s docwith Skeena MP fax numbers (2)

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