Our two representatives got back from Ottawa after appearing before the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.
One of our members first showed a 10 minute power point presentation that was very photographic with graphs, charts, and pictures dealing with the gravel bar issue that resulted in the death of millions of pink and chum alveins.
Our other representative also touched on this issue and in his presentation he provided each of the 12 members of the committee a package that included a copy of the 12 pictures taken over the course of the event. He also in his 10 minute presentation talked about the enforcement on the Fraser River, drift netting, 2 million pounds of sockeye (around 400,000 pieces) from the 2005 season still held in cold storage facilities.
There is much more in the two presentations and it will be readily available shortly on the web for those interested, including a 90 minute question and answer session after the presentations.
It appears two actions were to be put into effect immediately as result of the meeting. Two high ranking DFO bureaucrats are to be called to appear before the standing committee next week to answer some of the observations put forth by our people.
Second one of the committee members asked about the fish currently being held in cold storage and it was suggested no more FSC fisheries should be permitted until these sockeye had been consummed. It will be interested to see how far the committee goes with this.
I, and I am sure others from this forum will agree we owe a lot of thanks to these individuals that took so much time to put their presentations together and fly to Ottawa to deliver them.
I believe all fishing sectors, including the most important factor in this, the fish will benefit greatly from their work as we all strive to save our important fish stocks along with their habitat they live in for the future and for our generations that will follow us.
Thanks fellows!!!!!
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