wishiniwasfishin1
Well-Known Member
I have read a lot of this thread and other similar threads but not all. I respect all of your knowledge and experience and its great that these discussions are happening. If anything mentioned has been covered, apologies.
Salmon populations on the West Coast are as important as almost anything else to everyone on the West Coast whether they know it or not. If salmon populations are at the point that they can not support the whale population as the primary food source then the bigger issue becomes the need to save salmon. Clearly shutting down sport fisheries for salmon will help not kill salmon. Is there a complete plan from the DFO that evaluates and removes all salmon lifecycle offenders?
If Salmon numbers are down, and we want to build them back up, why is it ok to harvest ANY forage fish that by the nature of them being in the water help salmon thrive as a food source? – End Herring fishery coast wide.
There is no argument that supports the harvesting of herring if salmon populations are this close to collapse and with whale populations at risk.
The only possible benefactor that I can come up with is the fish farm proprietor. As demand for herring as a food product is weak internationally - the herring (25,000 ton Quota Georgia Straight alone) must be being used to feed farmed salmon, but I really hope that’s not the case.
Remove fish Farms from the ocean immediately. There have been government funded studies that site fish farms as a threat to salmon. They create an artificial market for salmon that does not take into account all of the downside of the industry.
Again thanks for all of the informative stuff to read here guys and I am not nearly as experienced as you are but has the DFO at least gone after this low hanging fruit?
Salmon populations on the West Coast are as important as almost anything else to everyone on the West Coast whether they know it or not. If salmon populations are at the point that they can not support the whale population as the primary food source then the bigger issue becomes the need to save salmon. Clearly shutting down sport fisheries for salmon will help not kill salmon. Is there a complete plan from the DFO that evaluates and removes all salmon lifecycle offenders?
If Salmon numbers are down, and we want to build them back up, why is it ok to harvest ANY forage fish that by the nature of them being in the water help salmon thrive as a food source? – End Herring fishery coast wide.
There is no argument that supports the harvesting of herring if salmon populations are this close to collapse and with whale populations at risk.
The only possible benefactor that I can come up with is the fish farm proprietor. As demand for herring as a food product is weak internationally - the herring (25,000 ton Quota Georgia Straight alone) must be being used to feed farmed salmon, but I really hope that’s not the case.
Remove fish Farms from the ocean immediately. There have been government funded studies that site fish farms as a threat to salmon. They create an artificial market for salmon that does not take into account all of the downside of the industry.
Again thanks for all of the informative stuff to read here guys and I am not nearly as experienced as you are but has the DFO at least gone after this low hanging fruit?
