Saturday, July 24, 2010

Enforcement Stats for MP Cullen

As a follow up to our post on MP Nathan Cullen criticism of what he calls the 'unregulated' sportfishery, we thought we would just check some stats.
DFO's Enforcement branch provides an annual report of their activities on-line. Here is the 2009 Report included in the 2009 Season Review

Enforcement Effort: as a % of total enforcement activities

.................Recr.............Comm Net
2007:........39%................4%
2008:.......39%................3.5%
2009:.......42%................6%

Well, Mr Cullen it sure doesnt look like the recreational fishery is an unregulated free-for-all does it? From the stats, it looks like the bulk of DFO's Enforcement work is directed towards fresh and salt water recreational fishing.

And finally, just because commercial fishermen claim to be over-regulated doesnt actually mean they follow those regulations, especially if there is little to no enforcement.

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