{"id":190,"date":"2025-12-27T16:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueheronwebdesign.ca\/gibsons\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:56:04","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blueheronwebdesign.ca\/gibsons\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\">About us<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_2_5 et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Gibsons Landing Harbour Authority (GLHA)<\/strong> is a non-profit, locally controlled organization whose board of directors have links with the community.<\/p>\n<p>The Harbour Authority Program is seen as an efficient and economical way of offering services to the commercial fishers, strengthening public investment in harbour, and providing opportunities to participate in the planning, operation and maintenance of the harbour facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div id=\"missionbox\">\n<p><strong>Our Mission:<\/strong><br \/>To operate a well managed and maintained public, commercial fishing harbour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our vision:<\/strong><br \/>A welcoming and safe haven set within the natural beauty of a historic, vibrant, working harbour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Values:<\/strong><br \/>The environment, the natural beauty and setting of the Landing, our local history, safety, communications and our relationship with DFO, the Town of Gibsons and the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 id=\"header2\">History<\/h2>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gibsonsharbour.com\/images\/artpic2.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In May of 1998, the GLHA was formed to manage the federally owned small craft harbour located in Gibsons, B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 27 years, the staff and board of directors have focused on providing their harbour users with a safe, well-maintained, well-run public marine facility. The harbour\u2019s board and management having reached the goals set out in the 5 year plan, are now interested in expanding our undertaking.<\/p>\n<p>GLHA has recognized that there is a strong user demand of the harbour not only from the Sunshine Coast residents, but from the Lower Mainland and surrounding communities as well. These users are extremely diverse with strong representation from the commercial fishing, marine commercial and recreational\/tourism sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The exceptional location, attractive facility and breadth of services offered at GLHA have made it a desirable berthing site. Commercial fishing boats are present in the winter, early spring and late fall, while transient pleasure craft occupy their berths during the warm summer months.<\/p>\n<p>Since it\u2019s founding, GLHA has performed well from both an operational and financial perspective. Additionally, GLHA has been highly successful in obtaining financial support from Community Futures, Federal government and private agencies in order to fund capital investment and facility expansions.<\/p>\n<p>GLHA has observed their revenue base grow to include a variety of users while adequately meeting the needs of commercial fishers. While some of the harbours in the Pacific region have experienced a decline in the number of commercial fishers due to changes in the commercial fishery, GLHA has continued to have a high percentage of year round home port vessels which provides for a steady and predictable revenue stream from year to year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-190","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronwebdesign.ca\/gibsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronwebdesign.ca\/gibsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronwebdesign.ca\/gibsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronwebdesign.ca\/gibsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronwebdesign.ca\/gibsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronwebdesign.ca\/gibsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronwebdesign.ca\/gibsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronwebdesign.ca\/gibsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}