Beginning to enumerate what many of us were and are seeing:
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-steelh...es-linked.html
Sadly,
Nog
Beginning to enumerate what many of us were and are seeing:
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-steelh...es-linked.html
Sadly,
Nog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVNNhzkJ-UU&feature=related
Egotistical, Self Centered, Son of a Bitch Killer that Doesn't Play Well With Others.
Guess he got to Know me
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Start taking the seals out of the equation.Too many of them around!
Biologists are always looking for that "one thing" to blame, but in reality it's all of the above and mostly over fishing.
1. Human over population
2. Government burden and overreach
Less seals would benefit all salmon and trout populations.
If their decline like the article says, has been since the 80's, and is strongly attributed to seal populations, you would've seen a crash in seal numbers a while ago, no? I would think the most probable reason for their decline would be the parasites and chemical contaminants their suspecting...I sure hope they figure it out before it's too late..
Survival of the young are only one of the problems. I've fished the Nass, Skeena, Bella Coola and Fraser systems for many years. The amount of adult fish poached or just plain misidentified as other catch (Eg: Coho) has been extremely hard on these stocks. Two summers ago on the Skeena a guide and his client from Mexico drug a beautiful steelhead up on the rocks saying it was a coho right beside me. After explaining to the guides client what they'd done, they didn't really want to fish anymore. Of course the guide wasn't happy with me, but someone had to explain right from wrong.
If you can pack it in, You can pack it out !!!
UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL !!!
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" The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but building on the new"
Socrates.