I am absolutely disgusted with the whole missmanagement of the salmon fishery which seems to be reactive rather than proactive .The ONLY criteria should be science based, with ZERO political interference...and if that means stepping on some toes ,so be it
yes,they may bring the Chinook back, nature is amazingly resileant ,but only if we give it a chance and if that means shooting some seals and sea lions, stopping ALL net fishing in the rivers and then doing what the sooke recreational fishermen are doing- releasing smolts after holding them in pens to imprint the sooke river before releasing, then they can bring the Chinook back to historical numbers ....but at age 72,I fear I may not see it,or take my grandchildren out off Otter point to have the thrill of boating a big spring after multiple runs ripping out line off single action reel and the only salmon I have for a barbeque will be a frozen farm raised Atlantic salmon fillet from Costco...not a salmon I caught that morning
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