Call For More Boat Inspections
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The Okanagan Basin Water Board is renewing a call for stepped up inspections for invasive mussels at BC border crossings.
Executive director Anna Warwick Sears says they are asking BC’s Environment Minister for legislation that would require all out-of-province watercraft to be inspected for zebra and quagga mussels before launching in BC waters.
“We feel that there is still sufficient time before the 2019 boating season for the province to pass this legislation, and ensure that inspections are available in
centralized locations for those with watercraft who do not report to a roadside station,” says Warwick Sears in the letter to George Heyman.
She says the current policy leaves gaps for watercraft that enter outside of inspection station hours, outside of the inspection season (April to October), or through routes which are not monitored.
