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From YouTube: MARCH 18 2021 Statements Jordan Sturdy
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
1st Session
42nd Parliament
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Mr
speaker,
salmon
fishing
in
vancouver
in
waters
around
vancouver
and
the
south
coast
is
an
important
part
of
our
natural
heritage
and
what
makes
our
region
so
special
few
other
places
in
the
world.
Can
you
live
in
such
an
amazing
place
and
have
the
opportunity
to
fish
for
our
treasured
salmon
and
in
particular,
chinook
salmon?
A
In
recent
years,
there's
been
considerable
attention
paid
to
chinook,
and
rightly
so,
of
particular
concern
or
threatened
stocks
originating
from
the
upper
reaches
of
the
fraser
river.
Last
year,
the
federal
minister
of
fisheries
and
oceans
issued
a
dramatic,
no
fishing
for
chinook
regulation
in
house,
sound
and
other
areas
of
the
south
coast.
During
the
period
of
august
1st
to
august
31st,
the
regulation
had
significant
negative
social
and
economic
impacts
on
coastal
communities.
A
However,
there's
little
evidence,
this
reduction
in
targeted
harvest
zones
had
the
desired
effect
of
increasing
survival
rate
of
salmon
returning
to
spawn
in
many
of
our
local
vancouver
fisheries
chinook
stocks
of
concern
are
simply
not
present
in
the
area
during
this
time
or,
if
so,
at
extremely
low
numbers.
In
fact,
the
vast
majority
of
our
south
coast
springtime
chinook
fishing
opportunities,
do
not
encounter
chinook
stocks
of
concern
over
99
of
the
time.
A
They
do,
however,
encounter
many
fish
from
u.s
hatcheries
or
from
rivers
on
the
south
coast
that
aren't
experiencing
the
same
challenges
as
the
interior
fraser
chinook.
The
sport
fisher
fishery
advisory
board
has
provided
fisheries
and
oceans,
canada,
with
sound,
science-based
proposals
to
allow
for
fishing
of
salmon
where
chinook
stocks
of
concern
are
essentially
not
present
in
the
area
to
further
safeguard
wild
chinook
stocks
of
concern.
Many
of
these
proposals
only
allow
for
the
public
to
harvest
the
hatchery
marked
chinook,
where
endangered
chinook
are
present
in
greater
numbers.
Areas
could
be
closed
to
protect
these
fish.
A
The
sport
fishery
advisory
board
proposals
are
an
effective
way
of
protecting
chinook
for
first
future
generations.
Mr
speaker,
we
have
the
responsibility
to
protect
this
species,
yet
at
the
same
time
preserve
our
recreational
fishing
culture,
all
the
associated
fishing
related
businesses
and
especially
the
communities
that
have
always
been
part
of
our
west
coast
fishing
culture.