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All rainbow trout production was moved to the sault that was a shock to me yesterday also.

Yes outside of peterboro there was minimal if any consultation with staff on this.

I spent the day on the phone for the most part between the ministers office, and the upper managment of the mnr talking this thing through for the life of me i still cant grasp around why this was done at this point in time. VHS was detected in 2003 and no rainbow trout have tested positive for it, nor has there been any testing as such in the tributaries. The strain is unique to the great lakes and is 1 of the 4 strains of the virus. Eggs can be disinfected and as such there is no reason to stop gamete collection at all. As for transfers lots of systems have had the trout ( which at this point are only suceptible to the virus) so one can assume that some of these watersheds could already be infected, again which ones when and where no one knows. As I conveyed today...if it continues past the 5th or so of April the 2007 yr class is gone and if it continues to openers with the majority of the runs sitting below the first barrier on a river expolitation rates can potentially be in the 70% plus range so a yr class gone and potentially 70% of the this yrs run of all yr classes in serious trouble. Yes I agree VHS has the potentiality to be serious but no one can answer the question that it is, and what in effect it will do. So personally its a series of senior mnr staff dictating policy. By the way when I spoke with my contact in the ministers office they were'nt even aware of this, and its his decision. I look at it this way someone somewhere in the OMNR is playing politics, this announcment came on the cusp of the budget coincidence I think not

not a cross watershed issue. there are watersheds where migratory fish have unfettered access. This is just another example of how the upper managment of the OMNR are messing with fisheries

remember this goes far beyond rainbow trout if ti continues for a while longer the entire walleye, musky, bass salmon etc stocking programs are done finished gone

Please take a moment to review Norm's question to the Minister of Natural Resources -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norm MILLER M.P.P. Parry Sound - Muskoka NEWS RELEASE March 22, 2007 For immediate release “Ramsay not in the loop” ~ MNR Critic Miller Queen's Park: Today, MNR Critic Norm Miller questioned Minister David Ramsay again on funding shortages for Conservation Officers in this province. “Minister Ramsay’s answer to my question implied that the Ministry was going to see additional funding,” said MPP Miller. “It seems that Dalton McGuinty doesn’t understand the challenges that the Ministry is facing because the MNR budget has been cut again by a whopping $36 Million.” “For some time now, the Minister has been suggesting that his Ministry would get good news in the budget. Apparently, he’s not aware of where his party’s priorities lie,” continued Miller. A copy of the Hansard transcript follows: Excerpt of the Official Hansard Transcript Thursday, March 22, 2007 Oral Questions Ministry of Natural Resources Mr. Norm Miller (Parry Sound–Muskoka): I have a question for the Minister of Natural Resources. Minister, since taking the reigns of the ministry, the MNR now shares a unique similarity with high school bands, scouting and Girl Guide troops and a host of other groups. You’re all relying on bottle drives and bake sales to raise money. Minister, aren’t you the least little bit embarrassed that staff have to resort to these kinds of measures to do their jobs? Hon. David Ramsay (Minister of Natural Resources, minister responsible for aboriginal affairs): It’s ironic you ask that on this day because, as you know, the McGuinty government launches its new budget for fiscal 2007-08 this afternoon. As I had mentioned to the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters when I got a similar question from the floor, I have been working with the government and the finance minister about the various challenges that MNR has. As I said to them there, I’ll say to you now: I’m confident that this government understands the challenges that the Ministry of Natural Resources has and I’m confident that we’re going to have the capacity to do the job as we have had the capacity to do the job. I want to assure the member that we are fulfilling all of our responsibilities. Mr. Miller: Well, Minister, Dalton McGuinty made a promise to properly fund the Ministry of Natural Resources in 2003. It’s now 2007, so it’s about darn time he kept that promise, in your last year of government. Now Mr. Minister, I’d like to refer you to an article in the Ottawa Citizen, January 31, 2007 entitled, “What on earth is going on at the ministry of natural resources?” Kelly Egan writes about conservation officers stuck in their offices for weeks because there isn’t any money to gas up the trucks. Officers are restricted as to how much and what kind of patrolling they can do. In one region, COs had sufficient funds to patrol about 1,200 kilometres a month. In November, you brought the hammer down and notified officers they were limited to joint patrols, court commitments and follow-up investigations. Let’s be clear: It’s not because these people don’t want to do their jobs. They love their work, they take it seriously, but they’re afraid to speak out for fear of reprisals. Robert Pye, the communications coordinator of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters states, “This is not just a hunting and fishing issue. It’s an issue for anyone who cares about our natural resources.” Minister, I’m here to ask you, on behalf of conservation officers, when are you going to take your mandate seriously and fund conservation officers fully and properly? Hon. Mr. Ramsay: As I’ve said to the member of the House, this past year we have spent about the same amount of money as we did before in enforcement. In fact, not only have we spent the same amount of money, we do it in a smarter way now. We use much more reliance on intelligence work, because we have a beefed-up intelligence unit and so we’re more strategic in our enforcement approach, so we get better compliance. Hon. James J. Bradley (Minister of Tourism, minister responsible for seniors, Government House Leader): The Conservatives cut it by 46%, I remember. Hon. Mr. Ramsay: I very much appreciate the member for St. Catharines coaching me on these responses because he’s supportive of the Ministry of Natural Resources and our enforcement and compliance unit. I would assure the member that we’re doing the job out there to make sure that our natural resources are protected.

Our club was scheduled to start rainbow trout transfers Saturday and we recieved notice that effective now all great lakes excluding superior are in lock down mode for the short term, ( 7 to 10 days) while the ONMR devises a policy on VHS. This means no egg collection transfers or fish ladders being opened, those that are open yr round are being looked at for immediate closure. For those that were interested in helping us with lifts please come to the site for future updates www.craa.on.ca Hopefully this wont last long and policy is developed or an entire yr class could be lost in systems dependant on stocking and fish transfers

stay away from the depot on the installed services. Im a general and I do about 70 kitchens a yr, the quality is nothing to write home about and the install services are about the same with the depot. Where clients run into issues is if there are delays or problems.

seems Im on the hunt to trade my 901 gold for a 901 classic

spoke with lowrance this am, I was told that the unit I have doesnt read the 901 gold card only the classic cards. So I guess Im going to look and see if someone has a classic card Im looking for and is willing to trade

after running motor guide for years I moved over to humminbird, and got a powerdrive 2 with universal sonar auto pilot and the wireless co pilot. I cant tell you anything on the performance as of yet. One major thing you should factor is if you intend to run a sonar on the front. Motorguide is not compatible with humminbird on the universal sonar's so factor that it where as m

I noticed when I go to browse the mmc files there various files are there, but in the map data section I cant seem to get them to load.

Picked up a lowrance unit today and for the life of me I cant recall how to get it to install the various charts of my 901 chip. I recall having the same issue with my h20 and got it solved but for the life of me I cant remember. The manual is not heling so Im wondering if one of you can thanks Louis

I would LOL

great concept!!!! thanks, I usually keep an extra cover for the hub but a beer can and duct tape...............wow would red green be pround......

no one will dissagree its plain and simpley a rip and tear mentality on the companies part. personally I wish I could eat chili every night and bottle my self produced methane and stick that in the tank probubly more flameable but Id feel sorry for the guy behind me in his prius

BPS matching the same price as Lebaron or vice versa, would be fantastic if either store actually had what I wanted. I have been trying to humminbird 757c for over a week now and cant seem to find anyone with it

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ohh ya Im sure, but it puts a kink in his baseball, his practices started last week and its going to be tough with him sitting watching

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a few more from the day, it was cold in the am but warmed up quite nice, good to finally have the long stick out mid way through the afternoon though I get the dreaded call that any parent doesnt want to get, seems my son broke his hand, knocked the wind out fast, but solo in fine fashion keep the spirits up leaving the river talk to a guy who really didnt have any roe so I was glad to help out and gave him the rest of my roe hopefully he hit some fish too Enjoy the pictures

wow that was fast, good day today Mr solo. I ll post some of mine later on have some cleaning up to do.

hummmmmm I do happen to have Sunday off

side imaging sonar like what humminbird has is like no other in the 7 series it uses a 455khztransducer giving you up to 86 degrees and somthing like 400 feet of capture side to side, and an almost life like view of the bottom, they take a bit to get use to reading as you need to diferentiate between the water colulmn, bottom profile and terrain but once you get used to it there is nothing like it around. There is one retailer that prices the unite cheaper then anyone i have seen in Ontario pm me if you like and I ll

Tony what happened???? lef the J9's at home its ok soon soft water season is around and you ll get on some fish