Mr. Robert Bison at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On June 5th, 2019. See this statement in context.

June 5th, 2019 / 5:25 p.m.

Fisheries Stock Assessment Biologist, Fish, Wildlife and Ecosystems, Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development of British Columbia

Robert Bison

As far as implementing fishing and enforcing the rules around fishing are concerned, it's merely a classification of size. When we regulate, anything that is caught in steelhead-bearing water that is greater than 50 centimetres is classified as a steelhead, whether it's a steelhead or not.

Biologically, there is a genetic predisposition to being a steelhead and a genetic predisposition to not being a steelhead. That's a little—

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