Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing-related Issues & News => Topic started by: Novabonker on August 05, 2015, 07:38:59 AM
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Now the feds are allowing this?
http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/08/05/BC-Fishery-Catch-As-Farm-Feed/
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thousands of tonnes of high-quality fish
Whoever wrote that has never seen Hake-they are mushy slimy useless slugs of no use to anyone.
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Whoever wrote that has never seen Hake-they are mushy slimy useless slugs of no use to anyone.
You may not like it, but the Rusians eat $40milion worth a year. That's a good number for "useless slugs"
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Hake suck. They are eaten because they are cheap, not because they are preferred over other nutritional sources. BC fishers catch roughly 55 tons (or tonnes if you prefer) per year but the landed value is only roughly 16 million. That was a couple years ago. Seems like the price has likely dipped given the market is gone. By comparison, wild salmon catch is roughly 20 tons per year with a landed value of roughly 40 million. A quick look down the list shows that hake have the lowest value per ton of any commercial seafood. A couple are at half a million per ton or so but hake is at 250,000 per ton. You know what means? A whole lot of work for not a lot of money. A whole lot of work around slimy very stinky fish with nasty teeth.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/omfd/reports/Seafood-YIR-2011.pdf (http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/omfd/reports/Seafood-YIR-2011.pdf)
I have no issue with using them for food on fish farms or dog food or wherever they can sell them if you can't export them over seas anymore.
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http://www.bcseafood.ca/PDFs/fisheriesinfo/fishery-pacific-hake.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hake
Over-exploitation
Due to over-fishing, Argentinean hake catches have declined drastically. About 80% of adult hake has apparently disappeared from the Argentinean Sea. Argentinean hake is not expected to disappear, but the stock may be so low that it is no longer economic for commercial fishing.[5] In addition, this adversely affects employment, because many people lose their jobs in the fishing industries. On the other hand, Argentinean hake prices are rising due to scarcity. This has reduced exports, which ultimately affects the economy.[6]
In Chile, seafood exports, especially Chilean hake, have decreased dramatically. Hake export has decreased by almost 19 percent. The main cause of this decline is the earthquake and tsunami that hit Chile in February 2010. These disasters destroyed most processing plants, especially manufacturing companies that produce fishmeal and frozen fillets.[7]