People from as far away as Alberta gathered on Vancouver Island to express their concerns over regulations affecting commercial and recreational fishing in Canada. BC Recreational Fishing Association (BCRFA) director of communication and research policy Cynthia Carlsen said policies are being made in Ottawa that are hurting industries across the country, and if the government continues it’s going to have dire impacts on the lives of everyone. Commercial fishing was once a very vibrant and now it’s marginal at best.”According to Carlsen, if restrictions are further put in place on the recreational fishing industry, it’ll impact much more than the government thinks, and it’ll cripple the whole economy. “I think when they (federal government) realize we’ve had enough that they’ll take us seriously,” she said. “We’ve had multiple town halls, and we’ve heard the calls of everyone,” said Kibble.