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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1986-02-12, Page 15✓-r • Good or bad? It looks like it's here. A fishing licence for Ontario. While it's not official yet, it appears that the M.N.R. is all in favour for it, - and once they bet their teeth into something like that, they don't like to let go. is it good or bad? I guess that depends on how you look at it. Vince Kerrio, Minister of Natural Resources presented this proposal to the legislature on January 28th. In the state- ment he said, The Ministry of Natural Resources currently spends more than $30 - million a year to look after the fishery. This money is used for programs such as fish and habitat protection, cleaning up fish habitat, fish stocking; research and pubic involve- ment and education programs. But we still need to do much more. For that reason, Mr. Speaker, I am proposing to- day that Ontario introduce a resident angl- ing licence. 1 ani recommending this on the condition that most of the revenues generated by the licence be used directly for programs to improve Ontario's fishery – and also on the condition that my proposal .meets with the acceptance of the majority of anglers of Ontario. We estimate that a resident licence could. add an additional $10 -million a year to our fisheries management budget. The increas- ed budget will allow MNR to expand its ex- isting programs, and to initiate much- needed projects. A resident licence will also give my ministry staff important information about how the resource is being used. In other words, it will tell us who is fishing, where and for what. The benefits of this are that our fisheries management programs will be better geared to the needs of the resource user. We believe the majority of anglers sup- port the concept of a resident fishing licence as a means of helping to pay for the protec- tion, inaintenance and rebuilding of the Naturally Speaking By Steve Cooke resource they use. My ministry would like to see a licence in- troduced in 1987. While we are proposing that residents aged le to 64 pay $10.00 a year and those over 65 pay $5.00 a year, 1 mist emphasize Mr. Speaker, that these terms are only a starting point for discussion and negotiation. We want the public to par- ticipate in shaping the conditions – in- cluding the costs – of the licence. To this end, a round -of public meetings will be held across the province during the next three months. This will enable public discussion and participation." This basically is what the Federation of Anglers and Hunters have been saying for years. Executive members of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (O.F.A.H.) are pleased that the Ontario Minister of Naturaf Resources has decided to seek the opinions of sports fishermen about the proposed Resident Angling Licence. They do, however, point to earlier surveys which clearly indicated overwhelm- ing support for such a licencing scheme. A 1976-77 M.N.R. survey conducted during some 30 separate meetings indicated strong public support as did two subsequent surveys taken by the O.F.A.H. 87 percent of those people questioned at the 1978 Toronto Sportemen's Show favoured a licence PRO- VIDED THAT THE BULK OF THE REVENUE GENERATED WAS SPENT ON IMPROVING ONTARIO'S SAGGING SPORTS FISHERIES. Its 1984 mail survey of northeastern Ontario anglers show 76 per- cent were in favour WITH THE SAME PRO- VISO. While members of the province -wide sportsmen's group agree on the need for the additional monies for such things as regional fish hatcheries, unproved enforce- ment, habitat improvement, fish ladders,. and fish ways, they are worried licence fees .right eventually be lost in the central treasury of the Ontario government. In a June 1984 proposal to the Government of On- tario, the Federation suggested that licence fees be placed in a separate trust fund, similar to the Ontario Lottery Corporation, so all of the net licence revenues could be identified and earmarked for fisheries enhancement projects. It even offered to assist with the administration of that fluid. The 50,000 member conservation group in- tends to have representatives at each of the M.N.R. public meetings where the licencing proposal is reviewed so it too can hear what the angling public now wants. If you are a concerned angler, either for or against, keep an eye out for notice of these public meetings, and plan to attend. No one will ever know your true feelings if you keep them to yourself. ' CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1986—Page 15 CHSS MUSIC CLUB WORKDAY Saturday, March 1, Hire students for the day or part of the day to do odd jobs., Payment in the form of donations. Phone: 482-7490 482-9990 523-4346 • Vgaglicr Missed our regular WINTER SWIM PROGRAM? ...here's a second chancel MINI'WINTER PROGRAM '86 at VANASTRA RECREATION CENTRE 482-3544 Youth Aquatic Classes SWIM! SWIM! SWIM! 5 Weeks of Classes for only $12.00 Starts THURSDAY, Feb. 20 to March 20. OPEN RECREATION SWIM TIME 7 - 8 p.m. Spring Program, April 14, 1986 SP Registered Retirement O Savings Plan O Now Paying on the Variable Rate Plan NO CHARGES • i 1 Clinton played host to a number of local men's and women's broomball teams for the an- nual Clinton Optimists Broomball tournament at the Clinton Arena on February 7 and 8. On of the games played on Saturday afternoon was between the Mustangs and the 8th Liners. ( Alan Rivett photo) From Feb. 3 - Mar. 3, 1986 ALL WALLPAPERQ/Q BOOKS 2J OFF Benjamin Moore REGAL PAINT, STAINS Free water tray with all Selected Lot of Q n IN -STOCK 1.77 WALLPAPER single THOUSANDS Q/ Of IN ST0('K ROLLS o OF F 1O CF1005I 1 ROM and more & VARNISHES wallpaper purchases 1o% OFF SAVE WITH THESE CASH PRICE • CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING AT IT'S BEST! Skye E&Oils SKI xcetiedl� A BENMILLER AND THE BEAUTIFUL MAITLAND RIVER VALLEY Featuring 4 groomed, well marked trails, plus as many variations as you can find. APRES SKI: THE FORGE Sun. to Thurs. 11.4. 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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY I8 at the SEAFORTH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRES [Upstairs Hall] for the purpose of participating in a discussion regarding solid waste management programs for Seaforth and Tuckersmith. The ,meeting is intended to bring the public up-to-date on the current environmental assessment study and in particular the investigation of the following Tuckersmith parcels of land that are listed below and identified on the accompanying map. Parcel # Location f 3 Lot 13 Con III LRS & Pt Lot 10 Con XI HRS 4 Lot 31 Con IV LRS 5 t Lot 36, 37, 38 & 39 Con I HRS 10 Lot 24 Con III HRS 12 W. Pt Lot 4 & Lot 5 Con XII HRS 13 Lot 3 & E. Pt Lot 4 Con VI HRS 14 West Pt. Lot 14 Con II LRS 15 Lot 7 Con VI HRS 16 Lagoon Site (i' 40, 441)„,}„.,e, r4,o ditNt", „ 'Pt:" sem, , dPe, 4 •.1 Owner E. Attenberger Joe McKenzie Kootstra Farms Ltd. Harold Smith Robert Bell Robert Gemmell Leonard Lovell John & Harry Swinkels Ministry of Environment TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH , DENOTES LOCATION OF ) POSSIBLE LANDFILL SITE For further information concerning the above, including obtaining a copy of the committees site selection and evaluation criteria for a landfill site, contact • the, Clerk of Seaforfh, James Crocker, during normal business hours. James Crocker Clerk TOWN OF SEAFORTH 527-0160 i