Southern Ontario Fisheries Enhancement Initiative

[Gavin H]

This is my third attempt at replying to you. I keep getting interrupted and when I get back to it, what I have written to you is gone.

We will follow all laws pertaining to raising, stocking, egg collecting, etc as per MNRF but have not and will not align ourselves with the government. We are currently working with both lower tier (Township) and Mid Tier (County) levels of local government in both tourism an Sustainability related components, all related to fish and fishing. In December whom we are working with will be made public. We are currently working with aggregate producers or old aggregate lands to assess potential, the assessment part as part of a County Initiative.

We are not for profit and aligned with another not for profit. We only operate with public/corporate donations.
In 2018 we will be installing two new hatcheries (one for sure as the funding is in place). We want these new hatcheries to be part of the Communith Hatchery Program operated by OFAH on behalf of MNRF. We were offered funding from this program but declined. We will not accept nor waste taxpayers money.
Having looked at your other posts, I'm sure you know where we are coming from. For every $10 we use, 9 of it goes directly into the program. For every dollar of government funds received, it actually cost $10 (paraphrasing here). We cannot be part of this kind of misuse.
We currently do not supply tax receipts but will for certain contributions starting shortly (from local government).
Feel free to fire off more questions. It's my job!
Thanks for caring.
Gavin