PRESS RELEASE - August 19 , 2005
NEPA's Hunters Forum Held at Knutsford Court
Hotel
“When will the Bird Hunting Season be declared?”
This seems to be the topic of conversation among
these participants in the National Environment and Planning Agency’s
Hunters Forum, which was held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, on
August 8.
From left to right are: Richard Nelson,
Coordinator in the Biodiversity Branch at NEPA; Errol Ziadie, Chairman of
the Game Bird Sub-Committee; Roger Williams, Manager of the Enforcement
Branch and Hopeton Heron, Acting Chief Executive Officer of NEPA.
NEPA invited bird hunters to discuss the proposed
changes to the regulations to allow juveniles and foreign nationals to
participate in the hunting season; increases in the licence fees and the
pending 2005 season.
Hunters expressed their concerns that a season had
still not been declared. Based on a NEPA survey of the bird population,
questions about the season are still being reviewed. |
