The National Recreational Fishing Policy

Published by the National Steering Committee on Recreational Fishing, December 1994 the The National Recreational Fishing Policy  Word [625kb] contents include:

• Foreword
• Goals
• Key principles for recreational fishing
• Introduction
• Protecting the resource
• Habitat the key to healthy fisheries resource
• The role of government
• Community involvement
• Sharing the resource
• Acceptable recreational fishing practices
• Opportunities for recreational fishing
• Education and compliance
• Building up a store of knowledge
• Funding: the key to proper management