Bait Ban Regulation for Interior BC Rivers

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To the Honourable Barry Penner, British Columbia Minister of Environment.

We, the undersigned, hereby request that a bait ban sport fishing regulation be implemented for Interior Fraser River steelhead prior to the next sport fishing opening. (Interior Fraser steelhead rivers include the Thompson, Chilcotin, Seton, Bridge, Nahatlach and all other rivers in the Interior of BC where steelhead are known to inhabit.)

The principals of a bait ban as outlined in the BC government document Bait Ban as a Management Tool (http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/docs/2001/bait_ban.pdf) demonstrate that such a regulation would be desirable among the angling public.

These steelhead
- are highly accessible;
- are vulnerable to capture; and
- every spawner counts.

Further,
- there is a need to protect juvenile fish;
- the steelhead population is small; and
- there is a need to spread the catchable supply of steelhead over more anglers.

According to the current BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations the definition of bait is: Bait is any foodstuff or natural substance used to attract fish, other than wood, cotton, wool, hair, fur or feathers. It does not include fin fish, other than roe. It includes roe, worms and other edible substances, as well as scents and flavourings containing natural substances or nutrients.

712 Signatures

  • Brian Nska
    • City
    • Whistler
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Greg Gordon
    • City
    • Kamloops
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Adam Beattie
    • City
    • Vancouver
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Kevin Todd
    • City
    • Richmond
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Dave Kneale
    • City
    • Sechelt
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Paul Dudley
    • Province/State
    • Wa.
    • Comments
    • I've bought a canadian fishing license for years and the Thompson is one of my favorite rivers..about time b.c. smartened up on fishing bait on a classified water
  • Marc Fossi
  • David Kenneth Elden
    • City
    • Kelowna
    • Province/State
    • BC
    • Comments
    • Very much support a bait ban on not just the Thompson, but all rivers in the province with wild runs off steelhead.
  • Bruno Isabelle
    • City
    • Sherbrooke
    • Province/State
    • Quйbec
  • Jeff Vermillion
    • City
    • Smithers
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Gene Oswald
    • City
    • Lakewood
    • Province/State
    • WA
  • Parker Jefferson
    • City
    • Duncan
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Robin Wakefield
    • City
    • Victoria
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • William Atlas
    • City
    • Vancouver
    • Province/State
    • British Columbia
    • Comments
    • Please protect Thompson River steelhead, ban bait
  • Chris Atkinson
  • Erin
    • City
    • Burnaby
  • Gord Girard
    • City
    • Port Moody
    • Province/State
    • B.C.
    • Comments
    • This should have been happening in the 90's
  • Maria Odense
    • City
    • Vancouver
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • tim purvis
    • City
    • troutdale
    • Province/State
    • oregon
    • Comments
    • bait + thompson = disaster
  • andy upwards
    • City
    • cochrane, ab
    • Province/State
    • alberta
  • Robert Margulis
    • City
    • Seattle
    • Province/State
    • WA
  • Ray P Meeanus
  • Jonathan Barlow
    • City
    • Vancouver
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Ed Ashton
    • City
    • Cloverdale
  • Jessea Grice
    • City
    • Telkwa
    • Province/State
    • B.C.
    • Comments
    • Every stream containing wild steelhead in the province should have a bait ban in place when steelhead are present.
  • Pat Gerrie
  • Stephanie Boha
    • City
    • Vancouver
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Pat Beahen
    • City
    • Whistler
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • James Prentice
    • City
    • Vancouver
    • Province/State
    • BC
    • Comments
    • В
  • Darren MacEachern
    • City
    • Whitby
    • Province/State
    • ON
    • Comments
    • I make yearly trip to BC for Salmon
  • Dean Burris
  • William Olson
  • Craig Mumby
    • City
    • Vancouver
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Ryan Besserer
  • Neil B
  • ralph [beau] Purvis
  • Scott Spencer
    • Comments
    • Thompson river is a "Classified Water" and its steelhead run is dangerously low... the decision to implement a bait ban should be a no brainer!
  • David Phillips
    • City
    • Halifax
    • Province/State
    • Nova Scotia
  • Rebecca bridgett
  • Keith Sun
    • City
    • Vancouver
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Chris Reesor
    • City
    • kamloops
    • Province/State
    • bc
    • Comments
    • bait ban should apply to all classified waters
  • Russ Ritchie
    • City
    • North Vancouver
    • Province/State
    • BC
  • Joseph Richter
    • City
    • Trabuco Canyon
    • Province/State
    • California
  • Tony Harris
    • City
    • Smithers
    • Province/State
    • BC
    • Comments
    • fishery is too fragile to allow roe
  • David J Hughes
    • City
    • Telkwa
    • Province/State
    • BC
    • Comments
    • This is a must. If you feel a closure is necessary until a certain # of fish arrive, then to open fishing including using bait makes no sense.
  • DANIEL DYCK
    • City
    • quesnel
    • Province/State
    • bc
  • steve Perih
    • City
    • terrace
    • Province/State
    • bC
    • Comments
    • no bait
  • ali Smith
    • City
    • Smithers
  • Ryan
    • City
    • Whistler
    • Province/State
    • British Columbia
  • f.s.ferber
    • Comments
    • we all know that there should have been a bait ban years ago on the thompson river. it is just another screw up by the govt.ministry.even if there is a bait ban instituted the ministry would just re-allow it if it suits the commercial sports fishing interests!!!