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Halibut boat quotas will spell disaster
The DFO started two years ago going to halibut licence holders with a ballot on individual vessel quotas (IVQs) without ever having presented a balanced viewpoint.
They also disregarded the rights of halibut fishermen who didn't own vessels or licences but who were equally dependent on the halibut fishery as vessel owners. This made the DFO's proposal even more repugnant.
DFO is aware that very serious and negative consequences exist wherever IVQs have been tried in Canada or elsewhere, yet they concealed these negative aspects in order to sell their IVQs to an unsuspecting industry.
It is a startling denial of DFO's own advisory process that when alternatives and concerns were raised by our organization and others during so-called advisory sessions, they didn't see the light of day.
The UFAWU participated in the DFO's advisory process believing that would only prove to be a tool to defuse and deflect blame from DFO when bad programs were fully implemented. Sadly, nothing has changed our minds. Even requests to put a moratorium on licensing changes until after the Cruickshank inquiry have been brushed aside.
Now, after two years of battling the Pacific Coast Vessel Owners Guild, the PTA and the DFO in an effort to prevent an ill- advised implementation of ITQs, the UFAWU officers hold out little hope that IVQs can be prevented in 1991.
Reason and research hasn't played a big part in DFO's IVQ process. Rather, they depended heavily .on greed and misinformation for their momentum amongst the fleet. Fishermen were even approached individually, so that legitimate organizations would have no opportunity to study or explain what IVQ implementation could
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mean prior to a vote of the fishermen.
Very well, we have halibut IVQs starting May 1,1991, but the UFAWU remains convinced the DFO's actions spell disaster for fishermen.
Therefore the union continues to demand that nothing be done to make IVQs irreversible. Recommendations coming out of the Cruickshank inquiry, where fishermen will at last have a chance to consider their options, may decide that IVQs are not advisable. If this is the case, fishermen could indeed demand the withdrawal of IVQs.
Furthermore the union still is demanding that the DFO fully disclose available information about how IVQs have affected fishermen in other places where IVQs were introduced.
Quotas on two year trial
Despite calls for a moratorium on any more changes to licensing until the completion of the independent inquiry under way, DFO has announced a seven month halibut opening starting May 1 with a quota system in place.
The individual quota system is in place for a two year trial period. Quotas are not transfer-rable and not stackable. Transfers may occur according to present licensing policy requirements.
An appeal system will be set up to deal with fishermen who feel their IVQ allotment is unfair. Halibut licence holders will be required to provide data such as sales slips, International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) information and tax returns proving their claim.
The proposal that licence holders voted on last year based a licence holder's future quota on a formula based on 70 percent historical catch and 30 percent based on vessel length.
There will be 18 designated landing ports for halibut, including several U.S.ports as well as the usual Canadian landing stations.
To control the fishery all unloading will be supervised by an observer who will be responsible for the recording of the weight landed. The observers will be working on a contract basis.
Enforcement of the fishery will remain in the hands of DFO personnel though in the 1990 proposal increased participation in monitoring and enforcement of the halibut fishery by the fleet was recommended.
The IPHC and the DFO have printed new logbooks for the fishery which will be distributed to all Canadian vessels during the 1991 halibut fishery.
8 • THE FISHERMAN / APRIL 22,1991