russ
08-12-2009, 10:07 AM
Suggestion:
On some bodies of water the length limit has been removed for game fish (ie. Pike)
Brief:
In the mid 90's when it became clear that a new management regime was required for game fish in Alberta. As a result Fish & Wildlife introduced length limits on fish and removed bowfishing opportunities since there was no way to measure a fish before harvesting it with archery tackle.
Summary:
As the fishing has evolved in Alberta, it has now become clear that length limits are impractical in some bodies of waters. I would like to propose, that in these cases that bow fishing of the game species that have no length limit be permitted to resume.
Let's open this up for discussion.
On some bodies of water the length limit has been removed for game fish (ie. Pike)
Brief:
In the mid 90's when it became clear that a new management regime was required for game fish in Alberta. As a result Fish & Wildlife introduced length limits on fish and removed bowfishing opportunities since there was no way to measure a fish before harvesting it with archery tackle.
Summary:
As the fishing has evolved in Alberta, it has now become clear that length limits are impractical in some bodies of waters. I would like to propose, that in these cases that bow fishing of the game species that have no length limit be permitted to resume.
Let's open this up for discussion.