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Halibut ‘wars’ Sports – Ken Franzen Commercial fisher Dave Prosser Save the Pt Henry—Des Nobels and Mark
Newberry Water in = Water out |
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The great
Debate |
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I
have included the times in case one wants to watch
on streamed video or listen
on MP3 using City site |
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Ken Franzen
gives a power point presentation |
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Some
of this is available online at BC
Sport Fishing Alliance --- going to different Town hall meetings looking
for support
Their
site also looks at what they consider the problem --- ITQs and slipper skippers |
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Links
to Marine Policy Journal articles: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2009.02.004
for Elephant and here is Turris rebuttal http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2009.09.009
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From sports
perspective ---- they season will
close early given their small ‘quota’ etc |
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There
is an academic debate here too on the role of ITQs --- no less than SFU prof
Evelyn Pinkerton argues against them as policy tool in Marine Policy – which
is rebutted by ex DFO official in subsequent issue Marine
Policy Volume 33, Issue
4, July 2009, Pages 707-713 The elephant in the room: The hidden costs of
leasing individual transferable fishing quotas |
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Prosser
spoke eloquently about the historical role that Halibut has played in Rupert ---
The self proclaimed ‘Halibut Capital’ until the 1980s etc |
Speaking for
the Commercial fishers local Dave Prosser |
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There is a 2 page
summary in the Agenda package that makes most the arguments – Dave feels he earned
the quota through hard work – I will detail the argument later – his most
telling points were about Conservation and accountability – especially when
compared to sports and Lodges etc |
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Area A Rep Des
Nobels spoke to the soon disappearance of the CG rescue vessel Point Henry |
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See
Muskeg for earlier stories
--- --67 foot seaworthy craft to be replaced by smaller vessel with fewer
capabilities and range etc |
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Yacht
Club’s Commodore Mark Newberry also spoke to the limited range of replacement
vessel etc --- wanted letters written to Ministers etc |
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All the speakers
pointed out that MP and MLA have a petition going --- and Citizens should
stop in and sign it etc |
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A Humorous note did emerge about the 47 foot replacement vessel --- how it might be appropriate in some more sheltered locations – but ‘one size does not fit all’ The irony is that
Council then went on to discuss Water/ Sewerage where they advocated just
that ‘one ratio for all is ‘fair’ |
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This mall will now pay
water in (metered) = water out (sewer fees) --- currently each business
paying a different sewerage rate based upon occupancy and type of business
etc I was told by management |
Water in =
Water out |
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I will go into this
in detail Wednesday --- I think the bill(s) are a disaster – and will cost PR
dearly (except the Hoteliers) --- To be fair both Thorkelson and Ashley
specifically asked if 60-40 ratio between residential and commercial would
remain – and Rodin assured them only 30T$ difference --- We will see --- but
seems unlikely to me --- But then Rodin et al have treated Utilities as a
Cash Cow --- declaring it ‘surplus’ a few months after collected |
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Presumably
working to stabilise the cliff --- I see the O’Brien Road & Bridge
Maintenance people doing that part of the job – so must be Provincial |
Seen Tuesday
along McBride |
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Then the
trees were being cut later in the day |
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I
could not tell who was doing the work --- the trees were in the City
(undeveloped) alley which should intersect McBride etc |
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Fresh flowers
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The
Daffodils are actually blooming etc as are several other types of flowers |
Created by LG on 16/2/2011
Last updated on Wednesday, February 16, 2011