Good point Jayhad.
I imagine in the future there will be the discussion of "rod days" that guides will be allocated. These "rod days" are going to have significant financial value. So the guides are going to receive a financial gift from the government based on how many fishing days they did in the past. At some point in the future these guides may be able to sell/trade this financial gift to the next person.
Problem is, the guides did nothing to deserve this financial gift from the government over the next fisherman. Getting a free gift from the government just because you exploit a public resource in BS.
When the stakeholders in the game discussing this with the government are from the Guiding industry itself...one might think the fox is watching the henhouse. Can you say "vested interest".
Additionally, I have s concern regarding how rod days will be determined. Considering there is money involved, there will be incentive for guides to inflate past fishing trip numbers to make sure their new "rod day" numbers are nice and high....more money for them.
If the government chooses to limit angling opportunites in the near future, they better start with the guiding industry over the recreational anglers. Limit the number of guides, no USA guides, no BC guides working in Alberta. After that they can start considering changing recreational angler rules
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