Recreational fishery conservation symposium $20,000

The tourism and recreation sector is expanding rapidly within the East Kootenays. One key component of the tourism and recreation sector is the recreational fishery. Cutthroat trout fisheries on the Elk and St. Mary Rivers have become well known to US and overseas fishermen through TV fishing shows and sportfishing magazines. Guided fishing effort is exploding on these and other systems in the area. The proposed conservation symposium, to be held in the spring of 2001 in the East Kootenays, will develop recommendations for maintaining healthy fisheries resources; stable, economically-viable commercial (guided) recreational sportfisheries; and accessible, pleasurable and productive fishing opportunities for residents.

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