Sports fisheries take only a drop in the bucket compared to a commercial gill netter and probably add as much to the Prince Rupert economy. This sounds like a power trip by the FN to squeeze out another competing interest. Maybe they should see how much money is dumped in Prince Rupert if they shut down the sport fishery entirely!

Lax Kw’alaams councillor and Fisheries Committee member Stan Dennis Junior says his people are willing to do whatever it takes to protect the resources of their traditional territory. So just what do you intend on doing. With this kind of threats any payments these groups recieve should be dropped.

“We are at that level, where if we have to take disciplinary action amongst what is taking place in our territory, then so be it.” I suggest they quit selling their so called food fishery. Take a look in the mirror before making threats.

Seems whenever a FN group does not like what is happening, they threaten violence and blockades. I dont think this threat based system does much except ratchet up the tension and bring back memories of Oka and Gustafson Lake. However, it seems to work very well for them so why tamper with a successful formula

I think if they want to make threats then they should be banned from fishing as well, and especially banned from using nets. Its not their land, their rivers, and their lakes... its public land, river, and lakes and everyone in this province should be considered equal under the law.

The native bands may have a primacy on commercial linkage, but they have no right to talk about the rights of other individual Canadian citizens and that crosses the line when they make that assumption IMO.

Too many fish, every one whines. Too few fish, every one whines. Must be a Canuck trait.