"Corrine Nelson, acting district manager for North Bay working out of Kirkland Lake, told The Nugget late Wednesday a review of fisheries data from 1998 to 2011 is underway and will be made public when completed."
Out of Kirkland? Acting manager?
The MNR is decimated, they can barely keep up with their current basic duties and in the new budget, The Feds loaded most of their environmental work onto the Provinces lap, in places where they could. Everyone is looking at the MNR to do things, because they hold most the decision making power, yet they can't even excercise their power because they don't have the resources for up to date studies and management.
I'm fine with having the Natives more involved in the Nipissing fishery...let them contribute to regulatory enforcement and lake management in places where the MNR can't handle it... although I have no idea if they have the resources/funds/support/will to do this.
A live bait ban would hurt local bait shops...although they seem to be bracing themselves for this already.