A leaked copy of a draft Angling Management Plan has small business owners convinced they’re being pushed out of the $100 million angling industry. The report is part of the Ministry of Environment’s Skeena Quality Waters Strategy, an initiative to tackle claims of overcrowded rivers, and general deterioration of “angling experiences” in the Skeena watershed. But the recommendations put forth leans toward a lottery-based, limited-day licensing program for non-resident anglers, a proposal some insist will cut into the tourism industry by more than 50 per cent.
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