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[Gaffer]

On Friday October 16,2009, The Chehalis First Nation delivered notices to 6 of their Band members evicting therm from the Community for a minimum of 2 years along with the loss of designation to fish in either Economic or FSC Fisheries . A hearing is pending . This has come about since the Chehalis FN and The BC Federation of Driftfishers ,among others , opened the Sportfishers Trail on the Chehelis River two weeks ago and also initiated a Salmon Roundtable Group to find a solution to conflicts between all of the  River Salmon Fishing stakeholders--ie First Nations , Sportfishers , Guides and Commecial Fishers,DFO , MOE, & RCMP . This Thursday there will be a "Fraser Salmon Monitoring and Compliance Forum " held @ the Chehalis FN -Healing House (Sts'ailes Lhawathet Lalem) Oct 22/ @10:00AM . The questions In Focus are 1) Do both fishers and managers feel confident with the catch accounting from the Salmon Fisheries in the Lower Fraser River ? 2) What are the stregths and weaknesses around catch accounting in the areas' Salmon fishery , and Why ? 3) what are ways that individual interests in the fishery can work with managers to overcome weaknesses in catch accounting in their own fisheries.  The longest journey begins with a single step'---- Cheers

[Sam Salmon]

This is Big News!!!

Thanks for posting!

[mykisscrazy]

Couldn't agree more! Thanks for Posting!

[Gaffer]

On Friday October 16,2009, The Chehalis First Nation delivered notices to 6 of their Band members evicting therm from the Community for a minimum of 2 years along with the loss of designation to fish in either Economic or FSC Fisheries . A hearing is pending . This has come about since the Chehalis FN and The BC Federation of Driftfishers ,among others , opened the Sportfishers Trail on the Chehelis River two weeks ago and also initiated a Salmon Roundtable Group to find a solution to conflicts between all of the  River Salmon Fishing stakeholders--ie First Nations , Sportfishers , Guides and Commecial Fishers,DFO , MOE, & RCMP . This Thursday there will be a "Fraser Salmon Monitoring and Compliance Forum " held @ the Chehalis FN -Healing House (Sts'ailes Lhawathet Lalem) Oct 22/ @10:00AM . The questions In Focus are 1) Do both fishers and managers feel confident with the catch accounting from the Salmon Fisheries in the Lower Fraser River ? 2) What are the stregths and weaknesses around catch accounting in the areas' Salmon fishery , and Why ? 3) what are ways that individual interests in the fishery can work with managers to overcome weaknesses in catch accounting in their own fisheries.  The longest journey begins with a single step'---- Cheers

Another update folks--- The meeting took place  today with The Fraser River Table Group and assembly of FN People from Chehalis FN and others , BCWF , BCFed Of Driftfishers , DFO, MOE, RCMP Liason , Commercial Fishers, and many other representatives of dedicated Salmon Fishing Interests. The Meeting was cordial and the concensus was some excellent initiatives which should make it easier and more efficient for  all sides to account for numbers of types of fish caught , make it harder for "Outliars" to take more than their fair share of the resource by poaching, over fishing , and also serlling on the black market their illegal catch. In my view though the Important part of this meeting was everyone  sitting down together and Talking  about Joint Solutions to the problems instead of saying nothing is being done--- Now's the Time for ALL of us to get behind Their initiative and MAKE IT WORK !---- Tight Lines