Today the mnr and lomu announced it will not collect data from the fish-ladder in port hope this year. After over 30 years of collecting data and using the Ganaraska river as a base for all other rivers in ontario, they said they may do it every other year, which concerns me as it will take a additional 6 months after data is collected making it a total over 2.5 years min to detect a problem with the rainbow runs. they basically told us they had other priorities, as the river had been stable in the last 10 years, but all it takes is one thing to effect the runs . i talked to a person after the meeting and they said it was a RISK FACTOR assessment, basically the lined up all there budget needs and what ever one had the less risk not necessary any risk just the least chance of something happening. this is no way to run a wildlife management like the rainbow runs of ontario