How will this be enforced,…

How will this be enforced, there are hardly enough conservation officers in Ontario to deal with the more pressing violations currently?

If the BMZ’s (Bait Management Zones) are defined by the FMZ (Fish Management Zones) shouldn't the upper right part of BMZ F be its own BMZ? That is FMZ 18 and with it being its own BMZ this would protect/block the remaining half of the Ottawa River from the VHS areas in the south.

Are maps of the BMZ’s planned to be available for anglers when they purchase fishing licences or included within the Fishing regulations?

Why is BMZ E not included with BMZ’s A, B, C and D in regards to allowing the transport of personally harvested bait overland?

It is stated that the dams on the Ottawa River will act as barriers to assist in the management of ecological risk by limiting anglers from moving bait throughout the full length of the river. Anglers will have to use bait that originated from the BMZ where they accessed the river.

What happens for example in the stretch of the Ottawa River between BMZ D and BMZ E (Figure 5 on pg 12)?

Will there be signs put up along the river indicating the boundary between the two BMZ’s? There is no dam separating these two areas, without indicators anglers will travel up and down this stretch increasing the chance of bait from “Southern Ontario” to enter into the tributaries along that stretch of BMZ D. The same could be said for the area of the Ottawa between the two middle dams where BMZ’s E and F meet.

After two weeks of purchase anglers would be required to use or dispose of commercially harvested bait. Seems like a waste of perfectly good bait, not really managing the resource.

This appears to appease commercial harvesters, increasing business for them as well as increasing the revenue generated for the province.

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