Expand Inspections to Stop Mussel Invasion
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A local clean-water group is urging the province to adopt new fees for local and visiting fishermen and boaters in an effort to stop zebra and quagga mussels infesting B.C. lakes.
Brynne Morrice, of the Society for the Protection of Kal Lake, says the fees would pay for 24-hour boat inspections at our borders and is a much smaller expense than the damage done by the invasive mussels.
“We know from places that have these mussels that boaters are looking at hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, a year to deal with scraping the mussels off of their boat motors so, again, it’s an investment in protection,” Morrice told Beach Radio News.
Morrice, who launched the Kal Lake splash mob to raise awareness of the issue two years ago, has written to B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman suggesting a supplementary fee be added to the existing fishing license and for the implementation of an annual boater registration fee.
