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Old 07-15-2016, 11:13 AM
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Default Trapping Interim Administration Reference Document

Rob Miskosky is a Director for Zone 2 of the ATA. He asked me to post this here for everybody to read. It is what he sent out to all of his Presidents in Zone 2, which are Sundre, Rocky Mountain House, Drayton Valley, Edson, Whitecourt, Hinton and Grande Cache. If you want to provide him with your concerns, he will make sure they are heard.


Hi everybody,

Attached here is what is being called the Trapping Interim Administration Reference Document. This is a document designed by Alberta's Fur Management Team, comprised of Dave Moyles (Peace River); Nils Anderson (Grande Prairie); Kevin Downing (High Prairie); Anne Hubbs (Rocky Mtn House); Dave Hobson (Edson); Maria Didkowsky (Blairemore); Joann Skilnick (Fort Mac); and Dave Kay (Policy-Edm).

The purpose of the document is to provide direction to Alberta's biologists where trapline management in Alberta is concerned. While the ATA has not had input into the design of this "interim" document, we have been assured that we will have a place on the Fur Management Team moving forward, with our first meeting scheduled for September.

Pressure has been placed on the Fur Management Team to have something in place for the new 2016 licensing term, as both biologists and trappers have been frustrated without set policies in place. What is written in the document has been written in haste and is not set in stone. However, it is a guideline to be used in the short term.

While some of what is written within the document will make your blood boil, much of it is what we've been asking for since the Trapping in the 21st Century discussions took place 10 years or more ago. It is a guideline to put "active" trappers on RFMAs and remove those that are using traplines for reasons other than trapping. It is also a means to get trappers that aren't using their traplines back to using them.

In our estimation, and we have made this known to the Fur Management Team, the transfer and relinquishment of traplines falls short within the document. There are no provisions for the sale of traplines, which we will all find unsuitable for obvious reasons. The ATA takes a serious position regarding trapline transfers and relinquishments and we will be working hard to protect our investments moving forward. I have been assured by the Fur Management Team that trapline transfers and relinquishments are "definitely" open for discussion.

Please read the attached documents and circulate amongst your membership. Please provide myself or Rene Roy with any and all feedback you receive as soon as possible. This is important!! We need to know what concerns there are as we move forward, prior to meeting with the Fur Management Team, which will allow us to negotiate final policies that we can all live with.

Rob Miskosky
Attached Files
File Type: pdf 2016 RFMA Application Form.pdf (83.8 KB, 78 views)
File Type: pdf 2016 Trapping Administration FAQ July 1.pdf (127.1 KB, 37 views)
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