pikehunter Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 interesting perch story Came across this and thought it was a good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outllaw Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 interesting perch story Came across this and thought it was a good read. a good fluffy story. the real truth would amaze you. i live in southwestern ontario. the carnage is disgracefull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelie hunter Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 very true outlaw. Its quite common for comercial fishing boats to harvest $1000's of dollars of fish over their quotas, then get slapped with a $2000 fine... and making a large profit on their over harvest. Just wonder what the fishery would be like without comercial fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outllaw Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 very true outlaw. Its quite common for comercial fishing boats to harvest $1000's of dollars of fish over their quotas, then get slapped with a $2000 fine... and making a large profit on their over harvest. Just wonder what the fishery would be like without comercial fishing the facts are the commercial industry ,paying a royalty to the goverment funds mnr. my biggest concerns are the over netting of other species. lake smelt have been decimated. speaking years back to a mnr biologist. forage must be kept high to feed these species we want. .trying to feed the world from lake erie is far from feasable. commercial netting quotas are 99.4 per-cent of quota. sportsfishing is allowed 0.6 percent of harvest.. as you mentioned commercial netters sometimes over quota. till the time the courts judicial system actually understands the values of these fish small fines will be the norm. there are some bright points though. the mnr and goverment has a program of installing gps trackers on the commercial tugs. at least then monitering netters to stay in their licensed areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scugpg Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 "So much sturgeon it's rediculous" Really? Don't hear too many being caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 NYS bought out their commercial fishing fleets over 20 years ago using a $3 Lake Erie Stamp that was mandatory for all sport fishermen...it was suppose to be a 3 year thing but after 2 years they had enough money and canceled the stamp for the third year....Meanwhile the other states outlawed gill nets in the US and most all commercial fishing has ended on our side of Lake Erie....now it's up to you guys to put pressure on your government. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikehunter Posted May 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 NYS bought out their commercial fishing fleets over 20 years ago using a $3 Lake Erie Stamp that was mandatory for all sport fishermen...it was suppose to be a 3 year thing but after 2 years they had enough money and canceled the stamp for the third year....Meanwhile the other states outlawed gill nets in the US and most all commercial fishing has ended on our side of Lake Erie....now it's up to you guys to put pressure on your government. Bob Don't want to see anyone loose their livelihood but I can only imagine sport fishing for eyes and perch would be far better without the trawlers. N.Y's method sounds like a good idea, any extra funds could then be put back into Erie's fishery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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