anyone now think that there will still be a recreational sockeye fishery this year on Fraser sockeye?
getting pretty late in the season if something positive is not announced when today's update comes out.
They announced the summers are coming in at the p50 level but fisheries are constrained by the poor return of the early summers.
There is TAC so the Americans are out fishing and so First Nations. First Nations got an increase in fsc up to 1.25 million and it seems our managers want to wait untill their catch has been achieved to think about any commercial or rec opening.
Is there gonna be a Rec and commercial opening? Still a chance maybe in September but not something I would say is a for sure thing any more.
From FB
Just got off the Fraser call.
The Canadian Panel under Les Jantz rejected run size forecasts done by the Commission and recommended that much lower run sizes be adopted. "to be risk adverse"
Which would mean no fisheries. The US accepted the run size forcasts of the PSC so is "issuing a letter" tomorrow to say that they are going fishing anyway.
Canada offered to meet with the US tomorrow to see what tomorrows test fisheries bring but when the US said that they were going fishing anyway, Les said he withdrew the offer to meet tomorrow and would not meet til the regular meeting next Tuesday. Said "Canada is bearing the whole burden of conservation"
No Fishing for us. Next mtg Tuesday.
Serious disagreement between US, Canada and PSC secretariat. PSC recommends lates at 2 million which is somewhere between p25 and p50. US agrees with the PSC.
Bottom line, the US will go fishing even though Canada opposes the US fishery, and Canada will not fish.
Canada does not accept that Lates are really late and still coming.
The US can go fishing if PSC staff agrees with them, which they did.