Chinook netting on the Fraser has officially begun!

[Silver Streak]

Ken Malloway, Chair of the Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat, tells Rebecca Reid (Regional Director General, DFO Pacific) in his March 29 letter that First Nations require a minimum of 18,000 mid/upper Fraser chinook and 25,300 lower Fraser chinook for their FSC requirements. On top of that, they also need 1,100,000 Fraser sockeye for their FSC requirements.

 

[fish4all]

Ken Malloway, Chair of the Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat, tells Rebecca Reid (Regional Director General, DFO Pacific) in his March 29 letter that First Nations require a minimum of 18,000 mid/upper Fraser chinook and 25,300 lower Fraser chinook for their FSC requirements. On top of that, they also need 1,100,000 Fraser sockeye for their FSC requirements.

1.1 million sockeye for fsc???? Wtf.

 

[ReelSlim]

Ken Malloway, Chair of the Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat, tells Rebecca Reid (Regional Director General, DFO Pacific) in his March 29 letter that First Nations require a minimum of 18,000 mid/upper Fraser chinook and 25,300 lower Fraser chinook for their FSC requirements. On top of that, they also need 1,100,000 Fraser sockeye for their FSC requirements.

Sales must be good this year?

 

[SpringVelocity]

Ken Malloway, Chair of the Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat, tells Rebecca Reid (Regional Director General, DFO Pacific) in his March 29 letter that First Nations require a minimum of 18,000 mid/upper Fraser chinook and 25,300 lower Fraser chinook for their FSC requirements. On top of that, they also need 1,100,000 Fraser sockeye for their FSC requirements.

Those numbers are insane.

 

[high tide]

With ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY by ALL......
there will be NO SUSTAINABILITY. PERIOD.

WAY TO GO DFO. Your management is PATHETIC.

 

[e-zee]

Those numbers are insane.

I personally believe zero fish should be removed from the river. That said simple math as per the last BC Census with 136,000 Registered or Treaty Indians it equals 9 fish/person.

 

[sthdslayer]

Silver streak can you post a link to the letter you mentioned

 

[terrin]

I personally believe zero fish should be removed from the river. That said simple math as per the last BC Census with 136,000 Registered or Treaty Indians it equals 9 fish/person.

Is that for all of BC or just the Fraser Bands? The letter being refered to applies only to Fraser Bands. This is where the rubber hits the road and DFO needs to step in with Independant monitors for all net fishing in the rivers to accurately allocate the FSC to the FN communities. The only way to stop Black Market activity or ensure there is none is to monitor the net fishing. This will also enable DFO to collect data on bycatch mortality and discuss alternate fishing methods if the bycatch is killing endagered stocks.

 

[e-zee]

Is that for all of BC or just the Fraser Bands? The letter being refered to applies only to Fraser Bands. This is where the rubber hits the road and DFO needs to step in with Independant monitors for all net fishing in the rivers to accurately allocate the FSC to the FN communities. The only way to stop Black Market activity or ensure there is none is to monitor the net fishing. This will also enable DFO to collect data on bycatch mortality and discuss alternate fishing methods if the bycatch is killing endagered stocks.

You are correct on both points. That number was for all of BC. I agree every fish taken for ceremonial reasons needs to be tracked from net to “final consumption”. If there is black market activity it needs to be exposed. Survival of a species is more important than any human’s right to harvest them.

 

[Tips Up]

Is there any number that would trigger a response from the minister that "That is unreasonable" ?

 

[wildmanyeah]

I've been trying to stay away but its annoying as hell when people don't post their sources

http://frafs.ca/sites/default/files2/Final Letter to DFO re Kamloops FORUM March 12-14 2019.pdf

 

[terrin]

I've been trying to stay away but its annoying as hell when people don't post their sources

http://frafs.ca/sites/default/files2/Final Letter to DFO re Kamloops FORUM March 12-14 2019.pdf

Thanks for that link WMY. For me what jumps out is how are the FSC Chinook and Sockeye numbers determined? Is that like any other Negotiator the opening position of numbers of fish or is it a court ordered calculation or subject to going to court a counter proposal of FSC fish warranted? This group seems to agree to the need for DFO monitoring and that needs to happen to all in river net fishing right away.

 

[Whitebuck]

How the **** can they think taking almost 20k early chinook and 1 million sockeye every year doesnt harm the stocks.

 

[SerengetiGuide]

How the **** can they think taking almost 20k early chinook and 1 million sockeye every year doesnt harm the stocks.

Cause they’re out to lunch and everything is “theirs”.

 

[terrin]

How the **** can they think taking almost 20k early chinook and 1 million sockeye every year doesnt harm the stocks.

You misread the numbers its worse than that. 18,000 Chinook for FSC fisheries in the Mid/Upper Fraser First Nations and 25,300 Chinook for Lower Fraser First Nations

 

[DuroBoat]

I’m curious, for perspective, anyone know the estimated number of salmon that are taken by the rec fishery in the same area (pre-restrictions of course)?

 

[Whitebuck]

Terrin, didnt misread the numbers.
The upper stocks have **** all for hatcheries.These upper and mid level stocks will be done soon. All WILD stock.
Our lower Fraser stock has great number of unedible hatchery white springs.
Obviously the true Wild Harrison stock are concerning and almost wiped out with the Chum fishery. If they got brood on the Harrison for the springs I would say BS.

Does anybody know the forecast for our early chinook stock this year?

 

[Cookie's Cutter]

Cause they’re out to lunch and everything is “theirs”.

This is the ultimate Fox guarding the Hen House.

It’s no wonder they don’t fund the hatcheries or habitat restoration, these pigs would just take a bigger piece of the pie.