Did that guy really use “spear chucker” in a public forum? Do we have to wonder why there’s any animosity in the fix mille lacs debate? Very discouraged there’s fellow fisherman still harboring that mentality.
Mn Musky is spot on…”Spear Chucker” is a term meant for people (non-native…) that throw or “chuck” spears at fish while spear fishing through the ice. They too are part of the take of fish out of Mille Lacs so their opinions are valuable. Awfully quick to judge there aren’t ya? RR
Taken from an article about the Input Committee meeting…. and now I know why there was only 1 Native on the committee… there is another “group” really making the decisions… with NO INPUT being considered. Now the Input Committee members are an “outside observer”… not my words, but theirs.
Members also questioned the transparency of a separate “technical committee” consisting of experts from the DNR and local American Indian bands, which made the call on what level of fishing was biologically safe during this winter’s fishing season.
At a meeting Oct. 15, DNR and tribal biologists agreed to set the winter harvest cap for anglers at 5,000 pounds or less. The total walleye harvest last winter was 3,100 pounds.
The DNR and the tribal bands were able to allow that number because September fish assessment data showed spawning-age walleye and walleye from the 2013 year class were above benchmarks, the DNR said.
In response to a question from the advisory committee Wednesday on why there weren’t spaces open for advisory committee members to observe the Oct. 15 technical committee meeting, DNR Fisheries head Don Pereira said tribal band members didn’t like the idea and were of the opinion outside observers would have a chilling effect on the discussion.
“They’re just very cautious and guarded,” Pereira said.
Jamie Edwards, the representative of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe on the advisory committee, listened to the meeting via conference call but did not comment during the proceedings.
Big_G where did you get this from? Do you have a link?
Looks like it came from the Brainerd Dispatch
Thanks! Hopefully someday tax payers will be able to see and hear how the regulations are set…
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