All comments are made using…

All comments are made using rational as a resident of Thunder Bay.

•Thunder Bay has a great population of anglers. A lot of these anglers fish north and west of Thunder Bay. These proposed bait movement restrictions would stop the Thunder Bay angler from purchasing bait locally in BMZ C and move it to their destination in BMZ A or B which is just a few hours north or west.
•Non-residents anglers who travel through the Grand Portage border crossing purchase their bait in Thunder Bay before heading to their western and northern destinations .in BMZ A and B. The bait movement restriction would put a stop to this and the local bait shops would suffer financially.
•We would like to know what the rational was regarding the 2 week discarding of bait and showing proof of receipt. Was this just a number that someone picked radomly. This would effect the winter anglers of Thunder Bay as a great numbers of them purchase suckers from the local bait shops at $1.00 per sucker. These anglers keep their bait from each trip as the bait is costly. The 2 week disposal would have a huge negative impact on the angler and the retail bait shops.
•Having to show proof of receipt to an enforcement officer will put a lot of law abiding anglers at risk of becoming an illegal angler if the receipt gets lost or is illegible to read.
•We already have an existing regulation that states no dumping of bait buckets into the water. So how would this 2 week regulation make a difference. More education on invasive species would make more sense.
•Bait Harvesters in BMZ C are currently supplying bait to northern and western remote outposts in BMZ A and B. By not being able to do this because of the bait movement restrictions , this most likely will cause a bait shortage for these outposts. The bait harvesters in BMZ C would be impacted financially as the northern and western resorts are a big part of their yearly income.
•It would make more sense to imalgamate BMZ A, B and C into one BMZ as the issue with bait movement and invasive species is more a risk in southern Ontario.

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