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[Rodney]

Discussion continued from: http://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=5873.0

Please also provide feedback. Thank you.

[DragonSpeed]

Since a vote with out a comment doesn't mean much:

What about fishers without Internet access?  (yes they DO exist)  What if you decide to go fishing while already travelling?  Do you have to find an Internet Cafe?  Nope.  Don't like it all?

My $0.02

[Sandy]

Dragonspeed could not have put it better.

[Fishin Freak]

That's one of the stupidest things i've heard FOC come out with yet. If they expect people to follow the regs people will want a hard copy of them to refer to when traveling etc. There is plenty of valueable information in them for the novice angler or other fishermen who don't know everything off hand, and won't bother to read online. If they want the regs to be followed they better be easily accessible or people won't bother to look them up.

[the_pict]

here here  dragon speed 

[Lew Chater]

On line is great but a hard copy is a must for reasons given above. We advertise  for tourism  in Beautiful British Columbia and particularly our terrific fishing. What happens when tourists arrive and need to know the regulations, hope they all have their lap tops with them !

[Fish Assassin]

I supposed you can print one from their website but I think it is more convenient to have hard copies available so people can pick one up when they renew their fishing licences.

[Rodney]

ok, seems like everyone objects as expected. Now, next question:

One reason that FOC is considering to eliminate the use hard copy of sportfishing guide is finance (surprise surprise ).

If money is the issue, let's hear some alternatives coming from you, the readers, that may reduce the cost of distributing fishery information to the public.

[DragonSpeed]

One with annual license is free.
With Weekly license $1
With Daily license $2.

as a replacement: $2.50

[Fish Assassin]

In my opinion charging the public for copies of the fishing regulations is absurd. It defeats its purpose. People won't pay for it; they'll just go fishing without it and then who wins ? There will be some that will argue that those that don't know the regulations will be charged. That's true IF there were enough CO's to enforce the regulations.

[Rodney]

Agree with FA on this one. It's important that an angler receives a guide when purchasing a license, I've noticed many vendors don't even hand out one when license is being purchased these days. Guide books should be mandatory, maybe a fee of the guide book should be included in the license, an extra 2 or 3 dollars.

[DragonSpeed]

Did they hand you a copy of the Motor Vehicle Act when you got your drivers license? 

[Rodney]

Good point.... What's with you always making comparisons between fishing and traffic?

The scenario I was thinking of is... a foreign angler travels to BC to fish. After purchasing a license, he assumes he can fish anywhere, at anytime, and harvest any species when caught because of not knowing the existance of regulations.

Many countries actually have very little or no sportfishing regulations.

Maybe a simple, double-sided sheet filled with generic regulations that need to be followed at all time can be produced.. and a permanent board with specific regulations can be posted at the stream. If there are late/temp. regulation changes, notices can be posted on the board, on the web, and at tackle stores via fax. This is the type of system that the Danes have set up in their country.

Are our regulations too complicated to have something like this set up?

[Fishin Freak]

Maybe they should just have region specific regulations booklet. Instead of handing out a guide with the regs for all of B.C. just have a independant guide for the section you are in. It would save some money.

[Buckeye]

Maybe a simple, double-sided sheet filled with generic regulations that need to be followed at all time can be produced.. and a permanent board with specific regulations can be posted at the stream. If there are late/temp. regulation changes, notices can be posted on the board, on the web, and at tackle stores via fax. This is the type of system that the Danes have set up in their country.

Are our regulations too complicated to have something like this set up?

Hmm... not a bad idea Rod

Let's read that email again...

"Over the next two years, DFO will be working with the recreational fishing community to make further changes to how the regulations are presented to the public.  The intent is to move in the direction of a web-based Sport Fishing Guide/Freshwater Salmon Supplement starting in 2007.  At the same time, a complementary handout will be developed with the basic information for anglers."

  I think that's the plan!