Main funded priority needs …

Main funded priority needs to further educate and raise awareness regarding angler bait collection. This should be as enjoyable as other forms of recreational species identification and differentiation to reduce/limit unwanted results. Angler harvested bait should be usable for more than 14 days and in all angling designated parks.

Agree with strict adherence to commercial bait collection and sales in keeping the bait as regulated . Don't agree . Do not support by-catch idea or in any way reducing legality of clean documented bait sales. Liability should skew more to sellers and not to buyers

The BMZ's as proposed will severly limit (emerald) shiner availability/supply chain north and leeches South and adversely imact both suppliers and buyers giving rise potentially to more undesireable alternatives and insavies. Better consideration of supply and demand is needed so contraband doesn't evolve inn this regard

The degree to which undesireable species have invaded via several vectors supposedly protected areas like National and Provincial (higher classification protected) parks when compared to other parks is questionable at best. Setting higher goals while laudable to vicarious users and politics remains to be properly assessed and quantified. Reads more like puffery than practicality. Live bait should be available in most Park concessions.and destination Lakes

Agree with conservation and proper assessment of all key elements that contribute to game fish food webs and management of licensed bait areas. Needs more than solely business based policing given that unscrupulous individuals and entities could also damage/ impair our valuable fisheries resource in sub watershed based collection areas.

[Original Comment ID: 209710]