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From YouTube: APRIL 19 2023 Statements Kelly Greene
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
Richmond
Steveston.
Thank
you
honorable
speaker,
Steveston
Harbor
is
a
vibrant
fishing
port.
It
hosts
the
largest
small
craft,
commercial
fishery
in
Camp,
500
fishing
vessels
and
thousands
of
direct
and
indirect
fishing
and
Maritime
jobs
on
over
17.5
hectares
in
the
heart
of
Steve
Houston.
The
public
sales
floats
where
you
can
buy
directly
from
Fishers
are
what
most
folks
think
of
when
they
think
of
fishing
in
Steveston,
but
the
harbor
is
so
much
more
than
that.
Fishing
vessels
are
supported
by
important
services
offered
on
site.
A
The
Vessel
repair
area
offers
everything
from
welding
at
Bishop's,
aluminum
and
action
welding
through
to
rigging
and
hydraulics
repairs
at
Ocean,
riggings
and
hydraulics
straight
marine
services
operates.
50
and
70
ton
travel
lifts
to
enable
fishing
and
pleasure
craft
to
be
lifted
out
of
the
water
for
repair
fishing
vessels.
Don't
just
have
to
be
in
Tip-Top
shape.
They
also
have
to
have
good
equipment.
Specific
quality
trap
is
a
crab
and
prawn
trap,
manufacturer
located
on
site
Pacific
net
and
Twine
supplies,
fishing
equipment
and
tri-core.
A
Plastics
is
a
commercial
tote
manufacturer
with
Maritime
Insurance,
a
maritime
school
and
wooden
vessel
repairs
and
Fabricators
Steveston
Harbor
serves
the
region.
The
steason
harbor
Authority
has
worked
hard
to
ensure
that
they
are
supporting
a
vibrant
fishing
industry,
which
is
why
they
built
the
Steveston
ice
plant
in
2019,
which
supplies
ice
on
a
first
come
first
serve
basis
to
all
fishermen.
A
The
success
of
the
harbor
and
the
fishing
community
means
that
Steveston
Seafood
auction
cold
fish,
Seafoods
and
7th
Avenue
dock
Inc,
collectively
unload
50
to
100
million
pounds
of
seafood
annually,
ocean
organic
Seafood
packages
and
distributes
freshly
caught
BC
Seafood
to
restaurants
and
the
public
across
Canada,
but
wait.
That's
not
all
ocean
Legacy
Foundation
is
Canada's.
A
Only
Marine
Plastics
recycler
closing
the
loop
with
unusable
fishing
gear
like
ropes,
Nets
and
floats
I'd
like
to
thank
Stephen
Harbor
Authority
for
building
a
regional
Harbor
that
supports
fishing
in
the
maritime
economy
and
also,
importantly,
community
and
remember,
don't
feed
the
sea.
Lions
mm-hmm.