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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing-related Issues & News => Topic started by: chris gadsden on January 17, 2013, 09:35:12 AM

Title: Kokanee Bottom Out
Post by: chris gadsden on January 17, 2013, 09:35:12 AM

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/01/17/bc-kokanee-salmon-wood-lake.html

Also, why do they use this flossed sockeye picture in so many salmon stories? ::)

Title: Re: Kokanee Bottom Out
Post by: typhoon on January 17, 2013, 09:43:16 AM

I don't like to see the words "Officials hope the fish recover", though that may be the reporter's interpretation.
It's a great fishery and it would be a shame to see it degrade further.

Title: Re: Kokanee Bottom Out
Post by: skaha on January 17, 2013, 12:28:46 PM

-- I think "HOPE" is all that the ministry staff can offer... they have no money.
-- Some investigation has been done... oxygen level testing  and some possible reasons given for the collaps.. but even if a definitive solution were found how would it be implemented.

-- Spend money on Wood = reduced money and resources for Okanagan kokanee recovery

-- Money spent on kokanee would be good value for comparative research and understanding of Sockeye...
-- One of the big What if stumbling blocks (excuses) for sockeye research is what happens in the ocean... with kokanee that big what if is gone from the equation.
-- http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/05/30/bc-kokanee-salmon-wood-lake.html  earlier story on same issue.

Title: Re: Kokanee Bottom Out
Post by: StillAqua on January 17, 2013, 01:29:19 PM

About all they could do in the short term is install a bubbler or oxygen injection system to re-oxygenate the cold deep waters but that's big $$$s unless someone could organize a community/business funded project.