Future of salmon sports fishery in Juan de Fuca

[ratherbefishin]

Heard yesterday that the DFO gave a thumbs down to putting in Chinook smolts into Victoria harbour because the returning fish might try to spawn in the Colquitz river and compete with the existing fish( not that there are many) seemms every time somebody comes up with a solution to put more fish back in the system some bean counter quashes it.
of course,what the recreational fishermen are also facing is the agenda of the so called animal rights wackos posing as ‘environmentalists’ who would dearly like to see all hunting and fishing banned..

[scott h]

Quick and effective fix in couple steps...
Make it against the law to lease out fishing quota (you own it , you fish it) and at the same time make any license sale be directly to the government and that license then gets retired.

[Wild one]

Quick and effective fix in couple steps...
Make it against the law to lease out fishing quota (you own it , you fish it) and at the same time make any license sale be directly to the government and that license then gets retired.

Not a bad idea but that does not solve even a fraction of the issues and it’s going to take way more then 2 steps

[dougan]

Stop fishing hearing!!!!!!!!!! Pretty hard to guess that more hearing for big fish to eat would possibly save more smolts from being eaten + more food =more fish .... shoot the sea lions..... less fish getting eaten = more fish. 2 step fix...

[scott h]

Every single license bought back would be thousands of fish not caught commercially. The waste associated with by-catch alone would save a ton of fish for the sport fishing industry and for stock rebuilding.

[ratherbefishin]

At some point the word gets out that it’s not worth spending $3-500 for a fishing charter and that is going to hurt a lot of charter guys-plus the hotel industry that caters to sport fishing.Remember what happened to the coho fishery up island a few years ago ,dried right up and along with it the motels where people stayed .it can happen right here in Sooke

[boxhitch]

So.........40 concerned folk showed up at a salmon meeting in Pt Alberni............40

The council was appointed in June by Premier John Horgan to develop strategy for restoring and sustaining wild salmon.

“The premier essentially said, ‘Grow more fish,’” said Nanaimo MLA Doug Routley, inviting input from about 40 people at Echo Centre Thursday night (Dec. 6). “It is the foundational species in our province.”


One of their proposals is to reinstate a B.C. government ministry dedicated to anadromous fish species, a portfolio that was scrapped by the Campbell Liberal government shortly after it came to power, he said. The council endorses Bill C-68 — a modernization of the Fisheries Act expected to pass into law before year’s end

[srupp]

Every single license bought back would be thousands of fish not caught commercially. The waste associated with by-catch alone would save a ton of fish for the sport fishing industry and for stock rebuilding.

Except that quota would be handed over to indian band...they will find a wsy to keep screwing it up..
Srupp

[scott h]

The amount of wasted fish associated with commercial is astounding and trying to rebuild stocks while they continue to decimate them makes zero sense. Lowering the amount they are allowed to harvest doesn't work because it doesn't count the vast number of fish killed and thrown over board as by-catch.
Anyone think there may be a bit of a coincidence with the increase in the US hammering pollock stocks, and the worsening salmon stocks ????

https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Al...502729501.html
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2014/06...-debate-looms/
https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...fishing-fleet/

[steel_ram]

Coincidence that we had a good return a couple of years after the Japan Tsunami wiped out much of their fishing fleet?