Am I the only one that cant stand to read this?

[Coastrider]

http://news.ca.msn.com/local/british...ome-thursday-2


This is getting out of control! I cant believe they would allow this

[micman]

No I am withyou I get an email update from Alex Morton quite often, now there is sad and heavy reading.

[Tangler]

I'm not sure what your point is.
Looks to me like they did not allow it...

[Coastrider]

looks to me like they are actually going back to court to reasses the situation and possibly give them the rights to endless fishing, if thats what you call it. Even still, for this to even become a thought is crazy

[scissorbill]

I'm not sure what your point is.
Looks to me like they did not allow it...

X2

looks to me like they are actually going back to court to reasses the situation and possibly give them the rights to endless fishing

Endless fishing ? couldn't find that.
Situations like this will never go away they will continue to be assessed and reassessed.
I have no problem with aboriginal rights when it comes to fishing as long as conservation and sustainability come first.
I realize that seems to be an oxymoron; given past and present incedents that are used to fuel the fire but it is the conservation and sustainability of a resource that must be ensured and put at the forefront and with that lacking therein lies the problem. (IMO)
(and that goes beyond the mere harvesting of fish, habitat destruction, encroachment.....)

The judge in that case also dismissed a claim to aboriginal title over the fishery, upheld the federal government's control over all fisheries and urged the band and Ottawa to negotiate how to handle native fishing and fish sales.

How well the government controls the fishery is the issue.
Each group, Aboriginal, Commercial and Recreational all feel an entitlement to the resource.
Hopefully (wishfully) the resource itself comes first.
(One can dream.......)

[Dave]

I just finished reading a new book by Terry Glavin called "The Last Great Sea". It is about the great ocean we are so lucky to live beside and the important role its resources have played throughout both our, and our indian brothers history. It could definetely help Coastrider understand the context of aboriginal fisheries in BC and broaden the narrow lens that he is looking through. It certainly expanded my knowledge on the coast's fishing history, and I recommend it to all who would like to learn more about the place that us fisherman ply our craft. Besides, at the end of the day, if we want to keep on fishing into the future, us fisherman need to start standing together.