Just a distraction to the real objective. Raincoast has made it perfectly clear it's position in last 6 months:
From a recent article at same timing of lawsuit:
Ask an old time fisherman about Chinook salmon today and they will tell you stories about the size of these fish in the past. Nowadays, Chinook are much younger and smaller than a century ago. While several factors are at play, one reason for this is ocean fishing. Unlike other salmon, Chinook can feed and grow in local waters where they can be caught while they are still growing, sometimes years before they would migrate home.
However, moving fisheries from the ocean to rivers can allow big, old Chinook to recover. An increase in their size benefits the fish, terminal fishers, and hungry killer whales that eat Chinook.
Raincoast has long argued that ocean fisheries removing “yields” of intercepted salmon on migration routes are not sustainable into the future.
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Salmon Fisheries Management in BC, Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy and the things we could be doing better.
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