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From YouTube: NOVEMBER 20 2019 Statements Jennifer Rice
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
41st Parliament
NOVEMBER 20 2019 Statements Jennifer Rice
A
Member
north
coast,
Thank
You
honorable
speaker
tomorrow,
November
21st
its
world
fisheries
day,
I'd
like
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
not
only
the
importance
of
the
fishing
sector
to
my
riding
of
north
coast,
but
to
say
thanks
to
for
the
important
contributions
of
the
fishing
sector
to
all
of
BC.
Commercial
fishing
is
one
of
the
founding
industries
of
this
province.
Its
significance
can
be
seen
painted
on
the
ceilings
of
the
BC
legislature
and
BC
is
actively
working
right
now
towards
a
made
in
BC
wild
salmon
strategy.
A
The
fishing
sector
is
a
corner
store
cornerstone
in
the
economic
and
social
fabric
of
BC's
coast
and
fishing
is
deeply
rooted
in
our
history
and
our
culture,
but
fishing
communities
are
struggling
and
fishermen
nowadays
are
often
portrayed
as
the
culprits
to
all
the
negative
impacts
felt
by
fish.
I
personally
feel
they're,
given
a
bad
rap,
an
unfair
rap.
There
are
many
influences,
including
Fisheries,
mismanagement,
poor
policies,
warming,
oceans
and
habitat
destruction
that
impact
our
global
fisheries.
A
The
extraordinary
efforts
that
went
into
an
emergency
response
to
the
big
bar
slide
this
summer
is
telling
of
the
impacts
of
climate
change
close
to
home.
Independent
fish
harvesters
need
protections
to
rebuild
the
backbone
of
the
rural
middle
class
along
our
coast.
Tens
of
millions
of
dollars
of
licenses
in
quota
granting
access
to
Canada's
public
fishery
have
been
snapped
up
by
corporate
interests.
Speculators
are
buying
up
fishing
access
to
lease
to
fish
processors
and
rent
back
to
fish
harvesters
for
profit,
taking
income
directly
out
of
their
pockets
and
out
of
coastal
communities.
A
Policies
need
to
be
put
in
place
to
ensure
fishing
licenses
and
the
benefits
they
provide
are
for
local
fishermen
and
for
local
fishing
communities,
not
for
speculative
investors,
international
shareholders
or
seafood
processors
to
stifle
competition
for
our
resources.
The
economic
viability
of
the
next
generation
of
fishermen
and
our
coastal
communities
depends
improving
these
policies.
Tonight
MLAs
have
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
fishermen
from
different
sectors
from
all
over
the
BC
coast.
To
learn
more
about
these
challenges
and
the
awesome
opportunities
they
are
serving
up.