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The recreational fishing economy is hurting because of the delayed announcement on 2012 halibut fishery quotas.
Guides, fishing lodges and charter companies are trying to book customers, but aren’t getting any bites because nothing has been announced about the season, said Clyde Wicks, chairman of the Sport Fishing Advisory Committee Nanaimo branch.
“It’s devastating to guides,” he said.
Wayne Harling, a member of the B.C. Coalition of Salt Water Anglers, said the announcement was expected months ago.
“This has a very profound impact on some coastal communities,” said Harling, adding the effects are deeper for smaller communities more reliant on the recreational sector.
Recreational fishermen expected an announcement before the end of 2011, which was later extended to the end of this month.
Wicks said anglers are now being told the announcement could be made before the beginning of the 2012 halibut season, which has typically been in February, but can be as late as March.
Last spring, former Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea appointed parliamentary secretary Randy Kamp to develop options for the 2012 season that addressed concerns from stakeholders. He examined issues of conservation, economic prosperity and flexibility options to transfer allotments between the commercial and recreational sector.
Robert Alcock, president of the Sport Fishing Institute of British Columbia, said the recreational sector was promised there would be changes made to the halibut allocation policy.
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