11-15-2004, 09:58 PM
Neal, the CDOW does nothing and cares nothing about people or fisheries. They mostly just do what TU says so they can get more funds. I think the CDOW should NEVER, EVER have carte blanche to do what they want with fisheries. I think they should have to listen to their employers, who are we the people. I think we should have the final say in all management decisions. They will not fix fisheries because all they care about are endangered trashfish and catchable stocker trout. They don't even know how to preserve fisheries. They just have a blanket management plan for all fisheries, rather than go by a water by water basis. If they actually listened to us, most all of these problems wouldn't exist. Really it is time for us to change the CDOW and hold them accountable. We need biologists who don't listen to TU or USFWS tyranny, and who will manage fisheries in the way that the people want. We need more diversity anyway. They would never stock kamloops because they say they would spread downriver and eat endangered fish.
Tyler
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Tyler
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