One last t question. If the fishery is so badly damaged that netting needs to stop, would sport fisherman agree to a moratorium on fishing to allow the lake to recover in conjunction with the end of the commercial fishery.
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One last t question. If the fishery is so badly damaged that netting needs to stop, would sport fisherman agree to a moratorium on fishing to allow the lake to recover in conjunction with the end of the commercial fishery.
This is not some local farm pond that we're talking about. Nipissing is a vast lake. What makes the biggest impact, banning commercial netting that doesn't discriminate against species or size, or handcuffing all of the resorts on a lake where there is already a stringent slot size and only a couple of fish are allowed to be harvested. These resorts will close down and businesses will be lost, it doesn't pay to drive 4 or 5 hours to Nipissing to keep a couple of 13inch fish as it is when I can fish Erie and have a great experience. Do you think it is fair to put these folks out of business? I don't think most serious walleye anglers would bother to travel to Nipissing anymore. With that said if the First Nations and provincial government and local government worked together. Started a stocking program, limit netting, set an 8 year plan. it would pay off for everyone involved. If Lake Erie can rebound from the dead just imagine what could happen to Nipissing, with the proper mindset and input from credible biologists the possibilities are endless.Quote:
Originally Posted by rfb
Good reply Stitchen67, I think you hit the nail on the head.
So some people still think that the ecosystem of the lake should bare the burdens of past wrongs that were committed. Interesting, but i'm not sure that's an effective way to manage the fishery, and it seems that if you don't believe they have the same opportunity as the rest of us, which is up to debate, we should be ok to allow the lake be picked clean in apology. This makes sense to you? Not to most of us, maybe the rest of us just don't get it, maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by rfb
We all know of a similar case in our history. Sound familiar?
"In 1992 the Canadian government declared a moratorium on the Northern Cod fishery, which for the past 500 years had largely shaped the lives and communities of Canada's eastern coast"
"For many families, it also represented their livelihood: most families were connected either directly or indirectly with the fishery as fishers, fish plant workers, fish sellers, fish transporters, or as employees in related businesses"
Too bad other peoples don't adopt established quotas that have proven to be effective.
"Inspired by the Grand Banks cod fishery collapse, the Marine Stewardship Council was founded in 1997 to set global standards for sustainable fishing."
Just a thought, but I believe it would be far more beneficial to get rid of the nets. Have the FN set up cottages/lodges and run them instead. It would keep a whole bunch of them employed and happy, tourists would still come and have a good time. They could still catch what they need for their family consumption on the side. Any takers...
As much in agreement as I am with the majority, and as much as I have a deep dislike for commercial netting as I posted earlier. If the FN, provincial and local governments can work together, restock, and in five or ten years fisheries biologists say yes this water sustain MINIMAL netting without burdening overall size or numbers I can live with that. Netting that is only for tribal consumption, without reduction to slot numbers or size to the angling public. I also believe that it would benefit the FN more with limited netting, because there would be greater opportunities for guiding and as mentioned more cottages and lodges. More and more people from urban centers are searching out the opportunity to have that guided trip with a shoreline lunch just to sat that they've experienced it once. Nipissing isn't that far a drive compared to other northern places it has breathtaking scenery. If they developed the fishery, it could be something spectacular.
Why do they even allow netting? Why not just long lining.
First off the MNR will not let the stocking program increase it,s numbers they have asked and where told point blank NO.
Well from what i know where was longing lining years ago . They did it for the Sturgeon on but guess who did the long lining the white man . And where are the sturgeons now?
Just give it time.
I,m sure the nets will go there is a vote coming up at the end of the month and most NFN members want them gone.
Greet White look it up and see who fished all the Blue walleye out of Nipissing that where here many years ago .
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Originally Posted by piker6ca
Well i guess the fish will be happy to know that it isnt the white man this time. We have these things called laws and catch limits, something we didn't have when we caught all of x or y, but we learned, nothing that happened in the past matters, or is an excuse for what is happening now. I and many others predicted exactly this when the government sanctioned a commercial fishery, but of course the usual crowd claimed that native people knew better, would be better. What did we find out? Something that most of us already knew, we are the same.