Upper Pitt River Power Project Squashed...For Now

Hooray! All the hard work and uproar from concerned citizens has resulted in Minister of Environment Barry Penner to cancel the Upper Pitt River Power Project's plan to put power lines through Pinecone Provincial Park. Thank you to all who went out to show their disapproval.

http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/17032796.html

Yay!

-CG

6th Fly Fishing Canada National Fly Fishing Championships and Conservation Symposium

The 6th Fly Fishing Canada National Fly Fishing Championships and Conservation Symposium will be held at Mont-Tremblant (Quebec) from Monday, September 8th - Saturday, September 13th, 2008. Le Club des Moucheurs EnDiables (CME) is the host and organizer for this week- long event.

16 teams of five fly fishers will compete for team and individual points. Top finishers are eligible to represent Canada at international fly fishing events. The event will include practice days, fly tying, team and group meetings, opening ceremonies, trade fair, BBQs, VIP day, Conservation Symposium, closing banquet and awards ceremony (and, of course, three days of sometimes-serious competition and always-memorable camaraderie).

The Grand Lodge hotel on the shores of Lac Ouimet will be the center of operations for the week. Most of the competitors and officials of the FFC will lodge there and all the main activities other than the fishing will be staged at the Grand Lodge. All of the competitors will be transported to and from the competition waters from the Grand Lodge during the competition days.

Club Baroux Outfitters in Brebeuf is a strategic partner for this event. Club Baroux has graciously provided the event with three of their best headwater lakes each with 8 boats and motors and stocked to capacity with brook and rainbow trout for the duration of the event. We encourage all anglers to discover the great fishing opportunities there.

The 5km section of the Riviere Diable recently designated fly fishing only will be divided into 2 sections each with 8 beats, for the river fishing sessions. The Organizing Committee and the CME board of directors have developed a stocking plan that will assure all CME members with exceptional fishing on the river all season.

The Organizing Committee has made arrangements for free accommodation for volunteers who need it at the Domaine St. Bernard. Up to 50 roles need to be filled such as fishing judges and controllers, transportation coordinators and box lunch makers. No fly fishing experience is necessary.

The Organizing Committee intend to use this event as a springboard to other fly fishing events such as the World junior championships and the Commonwealth championships and to further establish Mont-Tremblant as an exceptional fly fishing destination. As always the primary focus of the Club being on improving the fishing experience on the Riviere Diable; the unique open access fly fishing-only river in the Province.

If you are interested in learning a bit more about Mont-Tremblant and the fishing and other activities it has to offer, check out the following web sites:

Toursime Mont-Tremblant
Ville de Mont-Tremblant
Le Club des Moucheurs EnDiables
Trembant Fly Fishing
Le Club Baroux

To register please complete the individual, team or volunteer registration forms and enclose a cheque for $300.00 per competitor, payable to Fly Fishing Canada, to the following address:

Diana Lavigne
LaBarge Weinstein Professional Corporation
515 Legget Drive, Suite 800
Kanata, ON K2K 3G4

This year’s event promises to be our best. We look forward to seeing you there!

Sockeye back in Coquitlam River after a century

It is efforts like this that are required to restore the mistakes of the past. Great to hear! Hopefully this is only the beginning of what is to come in BC!
Read the article here!

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=583b3ad7-67cc-4350-b682-132392221011

Tight lines,

Clint

Wild Salmon Under Threat of Extinction, Study Shows

Yet another study shows that farming salmon on the West Coast is devastating wild salmon stocks. When will our government take action?

If our government will not take action, please do so yourself. Do Not buy Farmed Salmon or Farmed Steelhead (Costco)! If you know someone who does, let them know of what it is doing to our Wild Stocks! Ask at all restaurants if they are serving wild. Boycott those that are not. Let Supermarket Managers know that they are contributing to the extinction of BC Salmon buy even selling the product. Please do your part!

Here is the article and background:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/13/AR2007121302135.html

"Wild salmon hit by parasite from fish farms":



For more information on the Science sea lice study please visit:
Sea Lice Study



Press release - "Fish Farms Drive Wild Salmon Populations Toward Extinction" - is available via:
http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~mlewis/SeaLice/protected/SeaLicePRFinalDec4%20(3).pdf

For a summary of the scientific paper:
http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~mlewis/SeaLice/protected/Lenfest%20RSR%20sea%20lice%20final%2012%2007.pdf

More Websites:

http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~mkrkosek/Criticisms&Responses.htm

http://www.watershed-watch.org/publications/files/Aquaculture2007_final.pdf.

http://www.raincoastresearch.org/mla-letter.htm

http://livingoceans.org/fishfarms/history.shtml

http://www.savebcsalmon.ca/


It is up to YOU now!

Save our Wild Salmon!

Tight Lines,

Clint Goyette

E-LICENSING FOR FRESHWATER ANGLERS LAUNCHED

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
2007ENV0126-001486
Nov. 19, 2007
Ministry of Environment

E-LICENSING FOR FRESHWATER ANGLERS LAUNCHED

VICTORIA - Purchasing a freshwater fishing licence is easier than ever
with the Province's new e-licensing system, Environment Minister Barry
Penner announced today.

Penner marked the occasion by purchasing a fishing licence at Robinson's
Outdoor Store in Victoria, B.C.'s first e-licence-equipped vendor.
"Freshwater anglers will now have a greater range of choices about how,
where and when they purchase their fishing licences," said Penner.
"Resident anglers and out-of-province visitors will now be able access
licences and fishing information online before they head out for their
next great B.C. fishing adventure."

Under the new e-licensing system, developed in partnership with Service
BC and the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC, anglers can purchase
their basic freshwater fishing licence, classified water permit or
conservation stamps through any computer with Internet access or from
any e-licence-equipped vendor.

While the online system has been operational since Sept. 6, 2007,
government has been working with Robinson's in Victoria and Highwater
Tackle in North Vancouver through the fall to pilot the new system for
vendors.

During the transition period, anglers can still purchase traditional
paper licences from their favourite tackle shop. In addition to giving
anglers greater choice and flexibility about how they obtain licences,
the new system will greatly improve the efficiency of the freshwater
licensing system and provide government with better information about
recreational effort and angler preferences. This information will be
used to help ensure that recreational fishing programs and lake and
stream stocking activities are tailored to meet angler demand.
Anglers can purchase fishing licences at www.fishing.gov.bc.ca/ or at
one of one of four e-licence-equipped vendors. More e-licence-equipped
vendors will be added to the system during the next several months.
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Media contact:
Kate Thompson
Media Relations
250 953-4577

John Thornton
Manager, Data and Licensing
Fish and Wildlife Branch
250 387-9776

For more information on government services or to subscribe to the
Province's news feeds using RSS, visit the Province's website at
www.gov.bc.ca.

FN0865-RECREATIONAL - Salmon Region 2 - Non-Tidal; Zero Retention of Chum Salmon on the Cheakamus, Mamquam, Squamish Rivers Systems

Category(s):
RECREATIONAL - Salmon
Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Subject: FN0865-RECREATIONAL - Salmon Region 2 - Non-Tidal; Zero Retention of Chum Salmon on the Cheakamus, Mamquam, Squamish Rivers Systems
Effective 12:00 November 02, 2007 until further notice, the daily limit for
chum salmon is zero (0) per day in the Mamquam River, Cheakamus River and
Squamish River (including tributaries).

The Squamish-Lillooet Sport Fishing Advisory Committee (SLSFAC) and Department
of Fisheries and Oceans staff have noted low returns of chum salmon to these
systems to date. The SLSFAC recommended that the retention of chum be set to
zero.

Current Salmon Retention opportunities include:

Until December 31, 2007 you can retain one (1) hatchery marked coho in:
the Cheakamus River,
the Mamquam River and
the Squamish River including Ashlu Creek, Elaho River and Powerhouse channel
(downstream of boundary signs at the powerline crossing approximately 1.5 km
upstream of the confluence with the Cheakamus River).

Until December 31, 2007 you can retain two (2) chinook per day, none over 55 cm
in the Mamquam River (downstream of the BC rail Bridge to the confluence with
the Squamish River) and
the Squamish River, including Ashlu Creek, Elaho River and Powerhouse channel
(downstream of boundary signs at the powerline crossing approximately 1.5 km
upstream of the confluence with the Cheakamus River).

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Call your local Fisheries & Oceans Canada office.

Notes:
The aggregate daily limit for all species of Pacific Salmon (other than
kokanee) from tidal and non-tidal waters combined is four (4).
Barbless hooks are required when fishing for salmon in tidal and non-tidal
waters of British Columbia. This includes all species of fish in the Fraser
River.

The term “hatchery marked” means a fish that has a healed scar in place of the
adipose fin.

Sport anglers are encouraged to participate in the voluntary Salmon Sport Head
Recovery program by labelling and submitting heads from adipose fin-clipped
chinook and coho salmon. Recovery of coded-wire tags provides critical
information for coast-wide stock assessment. Contact the Salmon Sport Head
Recovery Program at (866) 483-9994 for further information.

Did you witness suspicious fishing activity or a violation? If so, please call
the Fisheries and Ocean Canada 24-hour toll free Observe, Record, Report line
at (800) 465-4336.

For the 24 hour recorded opening and closure line, call toll free at (866) 431-
FISH. The telephone number of the Squamish DFO office is 604-892-3230.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada Operations Center - FN0865
Sent November 1, 2007 at 15:44
Visit us on the Web at http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca

FN0675-RECREATIONAL - Salmon: Correction to the Web site version of the Region 2 Table for the Cheakamus and Squamish River for Coho and Chum

FN0675-RECREATIONAL - Salmon: Correction to the Web site version of the Region 2 Table for the Cheakamus and Squamish River for Coho and Chum

Category(s):

RECREATIONAL - Salmon

Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Subject: FN0675-RECREATIONAL - Salmon: Correction to the Web site version of the Region 2 Table for the Cheakamus and Squamish River for Coho and Chum

Effective immediately, the retention dates for the Cheakamus and Squamish River
for the Region 2 table found on the following web link http://www.pac.dfo-
mpo.gc.ca/recfish/Freshwater/region2_e.htm for Coho and Chum are changed to
September 15 from September 01. These date changes were inadvertently missed
during website updates.

The dates on the Pacific Region Integrated Fisheries Management Plan for
Salmon – Southern BC and the 2007-2009 British Columbia Freshwater Salmon
Supplement remain unchanged.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact your nearest DFO office or the recreational fisheries website at:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish/default_e.htm.