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    Just 436 commercial halibut lic ences have been issued, while close to 100,000 recreational anglers have to divide up the 12% of the fishery they are alloc ated in an increasingly smaller fishery. "The government needs to hear these concerns," says Nanaimo-Alberni Conservative MP James Lunney.

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    1/19/2011 Print Story - canada.

    com network
    Wednesday » January
    19 » 2011

    Recreational halibut anglers upset by quota

    Daily New s

    Wednesday, January 19, 2011

    B.C.'s recreational halibut anglers are being encouraged to write Prime


    Minister Stephen Harper and Minister of Fisheries Gail Shea to c hange the
    halibut quotas for c ommerc ial and recreational fishers before the season
    begins on Feb. 1

    At a packed meeting of about 400 people last night hosted by the B.C.
    Coalition of Salt Water Anglers, the crowd was told that this year's sport
    fishery for halibut could end as early as mid-July if the c urrent halibut
    allocation, whic h sees the commerc ial sec tor rec eive 88% of the quota while
    the recreational anglers get just 12%, remains in place.

    Just 436 commercial halibut lic ences have been issued, while close to
    100,000 recreational anglers have to divide up the 12% of the fishery they
    are alloc ated in an increasingly smaller fishery.

    Clyde Wic ks said it's "vitally important" that everyone in attendance


    understands that this is an industry "in crisis" if the situation remains
    status-quo.

    Nanaimo-Alberni Conservative MP James Lunney, who attended the meeting,


    said it's clear that the "situation is not tenable" and that he has written to
    Shea outlining his concerns.

    "I believe we have to respond to this in one way or another," Lunney said.

    "The government needs to hear these concerns because the recreational


    aspect of the halibut fishery is its highest value part and it's where the
    public participates."

    © The Daily News (Nanaimo) 2011

    C opyright © 2011 C anWest Interactive, a division of C anWest MediaWorks Publications, Inc.. All rights reserved.
    CanWest Interactive, a division of C anWest MediaWorks Publications, Inc.. All rights reserved.

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