Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum

Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing-related Issues & News => Topic started by: mykisscrazy on April 07, 2009, 11:14:36 AM

Title: Pacific Salmon Commission’s Response to IUCN's Status Assessment of Fraser
Post by: mykisscrazy on April 07, 2009, 11:14:36 AM

This reponse came out in Nov 08. In case you haven't seen it, it can be found at

http://www.psc.org/pubs/IUCN/IUCN_QA_Final.pdf

What they are responding to is also quite interesting if not unsettling can be found here

http://www.stateofthesalmon.org/IUCN/downloads/PressRelease_IUCN_Sockeye_Red_List.pdf

Title: Re: Pacific Salmon Commission’s Response to IUCN's Status Assessment of Fraser
Post by: troutbreath on April 07, 2009, 01:49:09 PM

If they can get upriver harvesting in place all the better. If they can't then they should shut the whole fishery down during times when at risk stocks are moving upriver. Thanks for posting.