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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: DragonSpeed on July 26, 2007, 08:48:31 AM

Title: The Alaskan view on Sockeye fishing
Post by: DragonSpeed on July 26, 2007, 08:48:31 AM
http://lynnaleshire.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/fish-are-in/

65 fish for a family.  You'd think they were native  ::)
Title: Re: The Alaskan view on Sockeye fishing
Post by: dennisK on July 26, 2007, 08:56:47 AM
It's okay if their "family" is at least 15 large lol
Title: Re: The Alaskan view on Sockeye fishing
Post by: Fish Assassin on July 26, 2007, 09:02:54 AM
What's wrong with eating one sockeye a week ? ;)
Title: Re: The Alaskan view on Sockeye fishing
Post by: Gooey on July 26, 2007, 09:40:45 AM
Its a sustenance fishery and the run can support it so why not...as long as the fish doesn't go to waste.
Title: Re: The Alaskan view on Sockeye fishing
Post by: dennisK on July 26, 2007, 09:42:24 AM
Its a sustenance fishery and the run can support it so why not...as long as the fish doesn't go to waste.

Aren't they intercepting ocean socks heading back to BC?
Title: Re: The Alaskan view on Sockeye fishing
Post by: Fish Assassin on July 26, 2007, 09:47:11 AM
Its a sustenance fishery and the run can support it so why not...as long as the fish doesn't go to waste.

Aren't they intercepting ocean socks heading back to BC?

Not if they're caught in Alaskan rivers.
Title: Re: The Alaskan view on Sockeye fishing
Post by: adriaticum on July 26, 2007, 11:01:02 AM
When you read this it makes you think whether it really makes sense the way hatcheries do business.
They invest our money (earned, taxed and spent in BC) into raising fish and letting them go, only to be caught by someone else in Alaska and other places.
They have a lovely fishery.


Title: Re: The Alaskan view on Sockeye fishing
Post by: DragonSpeed on July 26, 2007, 05:26:47 PM
Its a sustenance fishery and the run can support it so why not...as long as the fish doesn't go to waste.

That would be my primary concern.

"New season is upon us honey, time to toss out the old fish from the freezer and get this year's" :(
Title: Re: The Alaskan view on Sockeye fishing
Post by: Fish Assassin on July 26, 2007, 08:45:22 PM
When you read this it makes you think whether it really makes sense the way hatcheries do business.
They invest our money (earned, taxed and spent in BC) into raising fish and letting them go, only to be caught by someone else in Alaska and other places.
They have a lovely fishery.




Works both ways. Canadian fishermen catch American hatchery raised salmon from Washington and Oregon.