Kamloops Fly Fishers Association demand audit of Thompson River Steelhead
KAMLOOPS — Thompson River Steelhead (TRS) are spawning at historically low numbers, and something needs to be done about it.
That from Leonard Piggin, president of the Kamloops Fly Fishers Association (KFF), who have demanded an audit by B.C.’s auditor general.
“The most recent report by the auditor general for B.C. entitled ‘An independent Audit of Grizzly Bear Management’ has the fishing community bewildered as to why a report has been done on Grizzly Bears, which number 15,000, when TRS are only expected to return 133 to the spawning grounds in 2018,” said Piggin.
He adds the KFF has submitted an application to have the fish declared an endangered species.