VICTORIA - The province's 2003-2004 hunting and trapping regulations, published in the British Columbia Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis, are now available.

Most province-wide regulations remain unchanged. Regional hunting regulations change each year to address conservation and safety concerns, and to allow more hunting where wildlife populations have grown. Hunting and trapping regulations are based on science, using the best quality data and analysis.

The complete Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis is available on the ministry website at http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/fw/wild/synopsis.htm or at the ministry's regional offices.  They are also available at government agent offices and stores where hunting licences are sold.  

Contact:

Liz Bicknell
Director of Communications
250 387-9973