THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION – FOR FAR TOO LONG SOUTHERN BC SALMON ANGLERS HAVE BEEN DENIED ACCESS TO ABUNDANT HATCHERY CHINOOK SALMON FROM APRIL UNTIL AUGUST.

Since former Fisheries Minister Wilkinson implemented a Chinook non-retention regulation in 2019 that spans from April 1 to August each year, BC’s salmon anglers have been deprived of catching and keeping any of the abundant hatchery Chinook in our waters.  Even though the SFAB and DFO have designed some of the cleanest Marked Selective Fisheries proposals anywhere, Minister Murray has still not approved them.  Anticipating some or all of these opportunities would start on April 1 this year, we are stunned to learn that as of today (April 17) the minister has still not made a decision and she only just received the proposals on her desk.

Well, it is now well past time that we, as concerned anglers, take our campaign to the next level. Be sure you share this to all you angling buddies and tackle shops you visit.  Come see  the Team from SVIAC and the PFA at the upcoming Victoria Outdoor Adventure Show April 21 – 23 at JDF Rec Centre. Keep checking back to see what further things you can do to help our cause.

Our friends at the Public Fishery Alliance and South Vancouver Island Anglers Coalition are working cooperatively to get these fisheries approved and opened up immediately.  Here below is the PFA “Call to Action” notice to anglers and the letter they wrote to the minister back on April 6.

And this is the excellent PFA letter sent to Minister Murray weeks ago urgently requesting she approve these defensible fisheries …