Fraser salmon runs blocked

[jonz]

Not good but at least agencies are working together on it.

https://www.bclocalnews.com/news/freeing-salmon-trapped-at-fraser-river-slide-site-the-focus-of-experts/

[cameron0518]

Not good but at least agencies are working together on it.

https://www.bclocalnews.com/news/freeing-salmon-trapped-at-fraser-river-slide-site-the-focus-of-experts/

My guess is that it will be too late before they come up with a plan or make an excuse for inaction. Hopefully I am wrong but won't hold my breath.

[horshur]

Salmon cannon to the rescue!

[scoutlt1]

Maybe the "powers that be" should look after the most important salmon bearing river in western Canada....

The slide occured in October or November last year? Ya think they would have known about it and done something about it before now???

Not enough tax dollars in the DFO and "Environment and Climate Change Canada" to have a look every now and then???

And where's the "news" reports on this? They were all over it before the info came out as to when the slide actually happened....

F***ing joke.

Absolute sad f****ing joke...

[Jack Russell]

Fish are getting through. Water will start dropping. This slide happened last year, and we're worried about the slide "this week". Weird.

This is photo op time.

[limit time]

Fish are getting through. Water will start dropping. This slide happened last year, and we're worried about the slide "this week". Weird.

This is photo op time.

another reason to close all fishing.

[Jack Russell]

another reason to close all fishing.

Not really - close fisheries that affect these particular runs. There are plenty of other fisheries available that do not affect early chinooks or stuart river and mid summer sockeye. Your logic is like closing all hunting because there's a shortage of 4 pt mule deer in the Kootenays.

[limit time]

Not really - close fisheries that affect these particular runs. There are plenty of other fisheries available that do not affect early chinooks or stuart river and mid summer sockeye. Your logic is like closing all hunting because there's a shortage of 4 pt mule deer in the Kootenays.

A shortage of 4 points !? Close all deer hunting also !

[ratherbefishin]

What annoys me is if this slide occurred last winter,they had the options of blasting the blockage and clearing the river ,something they can’t do when fish are returning.Another example of DFO incompetence

[Jack Russell]

What annoys me is if this slide occurred last winter,they had the options of blasting the blockage and clearing the river ,something they can’t do when fish are returning.Another example of DFO incompetence

This is what I was thinking, but apparently, although they suspect the slide happened last fall, nobody was aware of it until recently.

They're still trying to figure out what to do.