{"id":141,"date":"2009-04-09T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-10T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/freshwater-anglers-wont-need-a-licence-until-april-18\/"},"modified":"2009-04-09T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-10T00:31:00","slug":"freshwater-anglers-wont-need-a-licence-until-april-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/freshwater-anglers-wont-need-a-licence-until-april-18\/","title":{"rendered":"FRESHWATER ANGLERS WON&#8217;T NEED A LICENCE UNTIL APRIL 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release 2009<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>ENV0028-000815\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>April 8, 2009\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ministry of Environment FRESHWATER ANGLERS WON&#8217;T NEED A LICENCE UNTIL APRIL 18 VICTORIA \u2013\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Anglers who want to fish in British Columbia\u2019s lakes, rivers and streams during the next nine days won\u2019t have to worry about buying a new fishing licence, Environment Minister Barry Penner announced today.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Penner signed an order earlier today exempting sports fishers from having a fishing licence between April 8 and April 17. This will allow enough time for the Ministry of Environment to deliver paper licence stock to vendors throughout the province and fix some bugs currently affecting the new e-licensing system.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The temporary exemption applies to basic licences, classified waters licences, white sturgeon licences and conservation surcharge stamps for all non-tidal waters in British Columbia. The exemption applies to all anglers, regardless of residence status, with the exception of individuals whose angling licences have been suspended or cancelled, or are prohibited from fishing under the Wildlife Act.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>All existing freshwater fishing regulations, including quotas and gear restrictions will continue to be in force during the licence exemption period.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Province eliminated paper licences and implemented a fully Internet-based e-licensing system on April 1 after several months of successful trials in which both paper and e-licences were available. The heavy volume of anglers attempting to purchase 2009-2010 licences last week caused the system to malfunction and repairs are underway.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-30-\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Contact: Kate Thompson Media Relations 250 953-4577 For more information on government services or to subscribe to the Province\u2019s news feeds using RSS, visit the Province\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.bc.ca\/\">www.gov.bc.ca<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release 2009 ENV0028-000815\u00a0 April 8, 2009\u00a0 Ministry of Environment FRESHWATER ANGLERS WON&#8217;T NEED A LICENCE UNTIL APRIL 18 VICTORIA \u2013\u00a0 Anglers who want to fish in British Columbia\u2019s lakes, rivers and streams during the next nine days won\u2019t have to worry about buying a new fishing licence, Environment Minister Barry Penner announced today.\u00a0 Penner signed an order earlier &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/freshwater-anglers-wont-need-a-licence-until-april-18\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.1 (Yoast SEO v21.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FRESHWATER ANGLERS WON&#039;T NEED A LICENCE UNTIL APRIL 18 - Valley Fishing Guides<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/freshwater-anglers-wont-need-a-licence-until-april-18\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FRESHWATER ANGLERS WON&#039;T NEED A LICENCE UNTIL APRIL 18\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For Immediate Release 2009 ENV0028-000815\u00a0 April 8, 2009\u00a0 Ministry of Environment FRESHWATER ANGLERS WON&#8217;T NEED A LICENCE UNTIL APRIL 18 VICTORIA \u2013\u00a0 Anglers who want to fish in British Columbia\u2019s lakes, rivers and streams during the next nine days won\u2019t have to worry about buying a new fishing licence, Environment Minister Barry Penner announced today.\u00a0 Penner signed an order earlier ... 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