by: Gus Van Harten Among the Harper government’s latest environmental reforms – packed like sardines into the budget – Canada’s Fisheries Act will soon protect fish habitat only in designated waterways. So long minister, and thanks for all the dead fish. How did the federal budget come to this? It used to be that fish … Read more
Richard Mayer
Club member since 1994
Harper Government & Canada’s Fisheries
Harper Government Commits to Responsible Protection and Conservation of Canada’s Fisheries OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 24, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, announced that the Harper government will introduce changes to protect the productivity of recreational, commercial and Aboriginal fisheries. This means focusing protection rules on real … Read more
Lethal Salmon Virus Detected in 4 Species
November 3rd 2011… AN ARTICLE IN THE VANCOUVER SUN reported further findings of the lethal ISA virus in more species of Pacific wild salmon. To read the full article, click here. This article reinforces the need that all who care about the perpetuity of BC’s iconic wild salmon do need to unite and kick some … Read more
SSBC Fundraiser
Fellow Fly Fishers, THE STEELHEAD SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA is hosting a fundraiser for BC Steelhead on Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 at The Bourbon at 50 West Cordova Street in Vancouver, BC. For more info, visit the SSBC web site.
Rebirth of the LOONS Web Site
Welcome to our NEW web site The long-awaited renaissance of our club’s web site is fully underway and, as promised, it will be awesome… loaded with plenty of features that will engage and serve our members, plus others in BC’s fly fishing community and the public domain! As progress is made and the site is … Read more
Fly Lines :: Fall-Winter 2010
THE FALL-WINTER 2010 issue of Fly Lines has been published and is now available to read online, real time… Open publication – Free publishing – More fly lines Enjoy the read… RJM
