Fisheries committee  The remarkable things about salmon anglers is they're totally devoted to the species and the restoration of the species, Many of them have spent countless years volunteering to help in any particular project that happens to rear its head, any opportunity they get to try to help t

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Because each jurisdiction, each province, has its own set of volunteers, so to speak, I think perhaps one should be tailored to New Brunswick, one to Nova Scotia, one to Prince Edward Island, and one to Newfoundland and Labrador. Each one would be slightly different, depending on

Fisheries committee  Two things happened. The federal government reduced the number of fisheries wardens who patrol the rivers, and the Department of Natural Resources split its staff in two, one piece being protection and one piece being forest rangers who did the forestry work. Before, everybody di

Fisheries committee  I don't think people here are asking for the same model that they have in Quebec. I think they're asking DFO, within its management plan, to look at each river individually. For example, the Miramichi river system has four main branches. The three of us live in Southwest Miramich

Fisheries committee  That might depend a little bit upon the political impetus that's given to it, because I think it's important to have the will to do it, to make Atlantic salmon a priority. There's one small thing I'm going to mention to you that could be done immediately. One thing that really t

Fisheries committee  That's all.

Fisheries committee  I can tell you the striped bass have been in that river for a long time. In 1874 there was a winter fishery of striped bass on the Miramichi, just for your information. However, the other thing I would suggest is that striped bass, like the salmon, need a sustainable number. I d

Fisheries committee  No, but if you're interested, I could have one sent to you. They're $60 apiece.

Fisheries committee  I see DFO, and I see them putting an ADM in charge of that, somebody who has a proven track record, somebody capable of getting a job done. Give them the resources, the people, and the support, and they'll do it.

Fisheries committee  It's probably a combination of all of the above. Again, I'm sort of whipping the same horse. I really believe that a task force could put those things in perspective and deal with them with the priority they deserve. I really believe that's the ultimate answer to solving this pr

Fisheries committee  If your task force establishes an overarching management policy or a management plan for salmon, then within it there might be segments that particular people could address more adequately than others. For example, Dr. Cunjak is a freshwater biologist specialist. Maybe part of it

Fisheries committee  The first thing I'd do is set up that task force I talked about, because I think that's something we can do immediately, and I think it's something we should do immediately. That task force then could tackle those things that are most easily solved right away, one of them being

Fisheries committee  There's no question about it. Our river actually produces quite a good number of smolts, but a good percentage of them disappear on their way out. We have a voracious striped bass population that is breeding at the mouth of the Northwest Miramichi River, the junction of the South

Fisheries committee  It's more than that. But I'll tell you, worse than that is that people way up river in Doaktown and Boiestown are now catching striped bass in the river. They're not restricting themselves to that particular area. They're moving up into the rivers as well, so they're feeding on