I just got back from purchasing my fishing licences for this year and Randy from Hatch Matcher told me that he and several other gentlemen had a meeting with our local MLA Randy Kamp last week. As expected the meeting was to say the least disappointing,they were told that the Federal and Provincial Government will not be making any changes for this type of harvesting for salmon, and they are going ahead with a three year study to see if there is a need for concern. Mr Kamp also stated that there is a lot of money that both Governments would loose if they shut this down. Also during that conversation with Randy and the others he said that one of the reasons the farms can not move inland is because they would have problems filtering the water? So it is okay to kill our SALMON STOCK but they are concerned about water filtration, and both of our Governments go along with this. Hmmmm now I know Mr Kamp has a billboard in Maple Ridge that states he works for the people of Mission, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, when I finish with this post I will be writing my local paper about this topic and Mr Kamps attitude towards the loss of our Salmon and the jobs that will be affected by these types of business.
Bill