DFO's Next Target?
 

Forgive me for coming across so jaded with the department, but given happenings of late it is tough for some of us not to...

White Sturgeon (Upper Fraser River designatable unit): consultation on the potential listing under the Species at Risk Act

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has performed an assessment of White Sturgeon (Upper Fraser River designatable unit [DU]) and found it to be endangered.

Before deciding whether the Upper Fraser River designatable unit of White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) will be added to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as endangered, the Government of Canada would like to hear your opinion, comments, and suggestions regarding the possible ecological, cultural, and economic impacts of listing or not listing this species under SARA.

http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-esp...index-eng.html

I see the Consultations are by invite only. Do you think this is headed toward a total ban on C&R recreational fishing for sturgeon in the Fraser?

If they Red List (which I do believe they are leaning towards) then they will take other measures to "protect" the lower Fraser populations. May not end it all, but one can expect more draconian measures to be imposed on that fishery as well...

Nog