Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rodney on February 13, 2018, 11:20:27 AM
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https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/emergency-assessment-concludes-that-bcs-interior-steelhead-trout-at-risk-of-extinction-673950263.html
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If these precious and legendary steelhead stocks go extinct, you can blame it squarely on DFO for allowing netting of Chums on the Fraser during the migration period of the steehead through the Fraser.
DFO is total hypocrite to allow such devastating netting to please FN and the commies for the Chum roe, risking decimating the precious few interior steelhead left. DFO did this after they blatantly shut us down for the Fraser spring fishery in the name of protecting the much more plentiful sockeye (after allowing FN to net tens of thousands of sockeye) while they have no proof that our single barbless hook can do any damage to that stock. They also shut down the entire Fraser coho fishery in fall (until almost mid October) to protect the much less famous/precious Thompson coho while not allowing even c/r or lure fishing for hatchery coho. What a hypocrite!
If conservation is the utmost mandate of DFO, then what kind of scientists or head honchos there can justify those Fraser nets which can massively kill the few near-extinct interior steelhead? They did this after they think the sporties are such as threat to fish stocks that they have to shut down the whole Fraser to deny us until it was almost too late for the respective fishery of Fraser spring & hatchery coho. Why??? SMH!
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You aren't going to get any arguments from me!
"Area E Fraser River Chum Fishery
–two openings on October 24 and 27; harvest of 77,139 chum
–retained bycatch of 1 pink and 68 hatchery coho
–104 Chinook, 740 unmarked coho, 8 sockeye, 14 pink, 12 steelhead and 264 sturgeon were released
–1 Atlantic salmon was caught
FVW have 5 prosecution files related to the Fraser River commercial fishery. The majority are related to participating in a salmon fishery without operational revival tanks"
Fraser river Abo Fishery
Closure patrols on the Fraser River were strategically implemented during the day and night to protect historically low number of returning Fraser River salmon. Over 100 illegal gillnets were removed from the River during these closure patrols
•UCAT patrols were the primary focus to prevent illegal harvest
•Chum fisheries took place in the Fraser River during October and November (commercial, EO, recreational and FSC) with most fishers found in compliance with regulations
http://www.frafs.ca/Forum_Documents
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There was fn chum nets for over 20 days of the month of October
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if there are over 100 illegal gillnets were removed from the River during these closure patrols, the real illegal gillnets could be uncontrollable.
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The fall nets that effect Thompson Steelhead would be easier to enforce. If DFO didn’t legally allow the Fraser genocide all fall long that is ::) A lot of the seized illegal nets were during legal openings.... they were just using undersized mesh to intentionally catch sockeye
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If Interior Fraser steelhead get the desperately needed SARA listing, angling closures on the lower Fraser will become more extensive. They will be necessary to get participation from the 2 other user groups.
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100% worth it. Although lower Fraser angling closures won’t actually effect if steelhead populations. The sacrifice is necessary to save this iconic species.