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ynot

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test fishing
« on: August 20, 2010, 07:52:20 AM »
Can you tell me what happens to the fish caught in the test boats. i see 50,000 in 6 sets in johnstone,this boat has taken over 200,000 sockeye so far.i dident add up all the test boats but must be over 500,000 fish.
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Stratocaster

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Re: test fishing
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2010, 08:43:47 AM »
I'm not sure about now, but in the past the fish were sold commercially with the revenues going towards the operating budget of the Pacific Salmon Commission.
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Re: test fishing
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2010, 09:18:06 AM »
They are all released alive.
The purse is not pulled in tightly. Once it's balled, open a side and fish are counted out.
A number are kept for scale and DNA analysis, so the PSC and DFO have an idea of what stocks are swimming past
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Re: test fishing
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2010, 10:48:44 AM »
Maybe more of the commercial fleet should be practising "catch and release" too.  ;D
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ynot

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Re: test fishing
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2010, 12:33:44 PM »
they have to keep the gillnet fish then.
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