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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: casinoJim on August 11, 2004, 11:44:50 PM
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CANADA
Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
Comité permanent des pêches et des océans
EVIDENCE NUMBER 12,
TÉMOIGNAGES DU COMITÉ NUMÉRO 12
UNEDITED COPY – COPIE NON ÉDITÉE
Thursday April 29, 2004 – le jeudi 29 avril 2004
<edit by CJ page # 33 of the report>
That DFO implemented the aboriginal fishing strategy to facilitate the management of fisheries in a manner
that is consistent with the 1990 Supreme Court of Canada Sparrow decision. The development of an annual
salmon harvest targets for first nations is complex and there is no prescriptive formula. DFO provides food,
social and ceremonial access to aboriginal groups.
It goes on to say that they enter into negotiations to establish appropriate catch levels.
Mr. Chairman, let's just have a look at that and I've observed this nonsense over the
years and basically the department uses this food fishery allocation now as an excuse for
not enforcing the law.
This past year, the Tsawwassen Indian Band harvested 37,000 salmon--37,000 salmon.
That works out to over 1,000 pounds for every man, woman and child on the reserve.
That's under food fishing allocations.
So how can these fellows from the department sit here and tell us, or even suggest that
they have the food fishery under control when those numbers are there. They're their
numbers. They're out there and we're harvesting 1,000 pounds of fish for every man,
woman and child on the reserve. I can't imagine anybody eating 1,000 pounds, over 1,000
pounds.
http://www.johncummins.ca/docs/2004%20Apr%2029%20BLUES%20-%20FISH%20COMMITTEE.pdf
CJ.
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Good stuff CJ thank for digging that up and hope people will take time to read it as iy is fairly long. Note the misspelling of the Kapp case. (they call it Cappe) I note this so you know what case they are talking about.
In there you will see , I believe it is Randford that admits about the illegal fishing that is going on. More info for OB
Good work again and thanks for posting it for us. ;D
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Its devastating reading :(
CJ.
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Its devastating reading :(
CJ.
At least it brings out some of the proof of what is going on, now to get them to change it.
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I would like to see Tsawwassen First Nation try to justify 1,000 fish per person per year.
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there was a cbc documentary on this last year involving the kapp case and the tswawwassen first nation haul. from what i remember the first nation chief didnt give a %^&$ how much they caught they were allowed to so he did.
i think in that program they estimated 4lbs of fish per person per day was what they caught, and that included people living off reserve so the # didnt look to bad?
and they respect mother nature :(
cnm
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Canoe Man your bang on...Respect....Yeah right!!! Man this pi$$e$ me off. >:( We're all suppose to roll over and take it!!!! and we do!!! And it wouldn't end!!! >:( >:(...