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Author Topic: Crabbing: White Rock Pier May 30th, 2007  (Read 5565 times)

charles

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Re: Crabbing: White Rock Pier
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2007, 11:33:43 AM »
I did not comment on him anymore.  He did say he learnt from it.

The comment was to you saying what you said.
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Re: Crabbing: White Rock Pier
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2007, 12:46:37 PM »
I took no offence at all and I'm glad you guys pointed it out.  I was going to read over the regulations more thoroughly the next time I went out so as to make sure I understood the limits.  It's been years since I've gone crabbing and since forgot what the limit was (or if it changed?).  Yeah, no worries guys.  I wouldn't like to see someone taking more than their limit (or keeping undersized crabs) either, and would politely remind them of the rules in place just as Charles did.  I actually had to keep one guy in check as he just eye-balled his catch and decided it was good (which it wasn't).
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charles

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Re: Crabbing: White Rock Pier
« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2007, 01:12:49 PM »
You would not believe how bad it is in ambleside pier sometimes...  green about 4" or so is eyeballed as 6.5"...  I have to bring out my measurement (or borrow it from a friend since I don't crab) to remind them what 6.5" is supposed to be...

One time, a guy was telling me he used his 5 dollar bill to measure and he was kind enough to show me how he measured his crab:
he took his 5 dollar bill out, hold each end of the 5 dollar bill and placed it on the both side of the pointed topshell while the middle of the 5 dollar bill wasn't even stratch out...  And he said, all my crabs in my bucket were all the length of the $5 bill...

I told him, look, if you are going to just hold both side of the bill without stratching the bill, of course all the crabs (undersize one) were the exact length as your $5 bill....
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Re: Crabbing: White Rock Pier
« Reply #18 on: June 02, 2007, 12:16:22 PM »
Charles, good information and kudos to you for bringing it to people's attention both on the website and during fishing. Fishing regulations are complex and DFO staff always seek for ways to simply the language but people would misinterpret at times. There are also people who pretend to interpret the regulations wrongly to justify their violations. Although the % of people who in these categories are comparatively smaller than those who choose to obey, one needs to put a stop to this so misinformation and poor attitude are not passed on to other new fishers.

This prevention is a major goal at our Steveston event "Fish for the Future" every year. We work closely with DFO to have pamphlets on crabbing, rockfish handed out as well as an information booth where questions are answered.
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