DFO Research Validates Anglers’ Position on Chinook Non-Retention

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DFO Research Validates Anglers’ Position on Chinook Non-Retention - Island Fisherman Magazine

In 2023, 128 boat days produced 1,084 Chinook for analysis. In 2024, 316 boat days produced 2,436 Chinook samples in the test fishery.

islandfishermanmagazine.com

 

[Whole in the Water]

Great news! Will DFO pay any attention to it?

More importantly how does this impact the upper Fraser FN's who are currently pressuring DFO for more chinook for FSC needs?

Some of the proposed solutions are to further restrict the public fishery for chinook in the Salish Sea and JDF Strait even more then it already is!!!

This could led to virtually no public chinook fishery for south Van Isle in the summer!!! How is this a solution - other then a purely expedient political response.

How about they talk to the FN's on the lower Fraser to let more salmon past their nets for the FN's up stream?

 

[searun]

Nailed it - this is a political issue not a science-based issue. Has everything to do with the Reconciliation agenda in Ottawa. You have an opportunity on April 28th to change that.

 

[wildmanyeah]

Nailed it - this is a political issue not a science-based issue. Has everything to do with the Reconciliation agenda in Ottawa. You have an opportunity on April 28th to change that.

unfortunately it looks like my wife will cancel out my vote shes to worried that PP will cut healthcare spending and is not impressed with his MPs that came out and said they wanted become the 51st state. Weather i can go fishing or not is no concern of hers lol

 

[Corey_lax]

unfortunately it looks like my wife will cancel out my vote shes to worried that PP will cut healthcare spending and is not impressed with his MPs that came out and said they wanted become the 51st state. Weather i can go fishing or not is no concern of hers lol

I'm in the same boat at home LOL

 

[SG2.0]

unfortunately it looks like my wife will cancel out my vote shes to worried that PP will cut healthcare spending and is not impressed with his MPs that came out and said they wanted become the 51st state. Weather i can go fishing or not is no concern of hers lol

They’ve said they will continue the increase healthcare spending at the same rate as previous liberals and conservatives governments fyi.

Back to the OP… doubt dfo even cares. Unless the study shows what they want it to show they just ignore it. Insane.

 

[agentaqua]

They’ve said they will continue the increase healthcare spending at the same rate as previous liberals and conservatives governments fyi.

Back to the OP… doubt dfo even cares. Unless the study shows what they want it to show they just ignore it. Insane.

Yep. Nailed it. It's a rigged game.

If the science/data is inconvenient - they claim (lie) that they only accept data/science from the CSAS/PSARC process and not independent science. They normally wait until you do the study and they get to see the results before admitting this.

Then if they do a CSAS review - they are very selective about who they allow to referee on that paper. If the topic is reasonably non-controversial to their game plan - they are way more open to being inclusive. We have all seen that play in action numerous times - esp. in the sea lice/aquaculture end of CSAS reviews.

 

[RalphH]

After I read this article I was left with a nagging question; how high does low have to be before it is not low enough?

 

[cohochinook]

Public Fishery Alliance has Facebook post up on it on their page Post

 

[SpringVelocity]

This why we are restricted and why it will get worse in coming years. You have the environmental groups positioning themselves to work with other sectors to stamp out all ocean fishing.

My belief is there is push to increase river terminal fishing by moving our allocation behind closed doors till there isn't anything left for our sector.

This statement was from Raincoast at beginning of year in Times Colonist. It can't be any more crystal clear where this is going.

"One way to address this is by changing our harvest of migrating and rearing chinook salmon. Moving interception fisheries from the ocean to the river could allow the larger body sizes and older ages of past chinook to return over time.

It would also rebuild many weak salmon populations. These “terminal” fisheries were the way First Nations, and even early colonial, fisheries were once conducted.

In addition to benefiting whales and chinook salmon, terminal fisheries provide social and economic benefits to river-based communities that are otherwise last in line to catch returning fish."

 

[Ryan A]

Are any of the heads of our public fishery groups making the media or politicians aware of DFO’s sudden realization that we were right all along?

 

[onefish]

If the new facts don't agree with the agenda they will likely just be ignored or discredited. Same old DFO.

 

[Derby]

Are any of the heads of our public fishery groups making the media or politicians aware of DFO’s sudden realization that we were right all along?

Yes they are & have been for a while. What I can say the right people are being talked to and anyone that will listen in Ottawa. However this is the current government agenda and will continue to until a change in government

 

[ILHG]

 

[scott craven]

I'm sure fisheries management is low on the priority in a federal election, but I would like to know what if any changes the conservatives would make....
Anyone in the know?

 

[Whole in the Water]

Great question Scott I would love to hear from an actual Conservative candidate on this!

 

[pacemaker]

I'm sure fisheries management is low on the priority in a federal election, but I would like to know what if any changes the conservatives would make....
Anyone in the know?

I was recently at a community event hosted by our North Island Conservative candidate Aaron Gunn. He also had an Alberta Conservative MP in attendance with him at the event. (Can’t remember the other guys name now). Both Mr Gunn and his guest were extremely clear that they both fully support recreational fishing and hunting and will do their utmost to ensure that we continue to have the best opportunities to do so. It was very refreshing to hear this spoken about openly.

The complaints about DFO’s policy decisions that tend to go against us shouldn’t be directed at the local level in the vast majority of cases. The overwhelming majority of these decisions roll downhill from bureaucrats in Ottawa who get their directions from the politicians who are trying to appease the many NGO’s who are trying their hardest to shut everything down. Strictly trolling for votes…..

 

[Whole in the Water]

I have heard that there are a few Conservative MPs & candidates that support the public fishery - this is a very good!

What we do not know is what Poilievre thinks about the BC public fishery. He has made campaign statements supporting the east coast fishery as an important part of the regional economy - but I have not seen/heard anything regarding the west coast public fishery. If he has please do share...

The Cons election platform is also unfortunately vague on any specific plans or programs for the BC public fishery:

S. FISHERIES 152. Fisheries The Conservative Party encourages the government to work cooperatively with the provinces and territories in all regions of the country to put emphasis on protecting and enhancing all stocks. This must be done in order to meet the needs of Canadians rather than reducing the harvesting and processing efforts to fit declining and mismanaged fisheries. (this sentence is encouraging, but no specifics) We encourage the government to take a leadership role in international dealings with other fishing countries in order to assure cooperative management of common stocks and end fishing abuses, including foreign overfishing. We encourage the government to maintain its commitment to take custodial management of the stocks on the Nose and Tail of the Grand Banks and the Flemish Cap. We recognize that fish are renewable resources that can be rebuilt and sustained through a proper investment in science and management. We believe in investing significantly in our scientific knowledge base and in making firm and fair decisions based on facts, with a regulatory and enforcement regime that has the ability to carry out the necessary function. Responsibility must come from participating regions where more decision making must be located so that wild stocks, as well as aquaculture, can be managed appropriately. We encourage the government to work with any interested province or territory, to increase and streamline mechanisms for provincial management of fisheries. We believe the government must continue to support the Canadian sealing industry by working to eliminate unfair international trade bans on Canadian seal products.

This is how I see it. We know that the Libs will continue to do the same - screw the BC public fishery again and again to appease their voting block, ENGO's & FN's - a vote for them is bad for the public fishery.

The Cons have some candidates and MPs that have shown support for the BC public fishery but who knows how far they can influence Poilievre and his cabinet if he wins? We can only hope they can! Unfortunately, based upon what has been said to date the BC public fishery is not an important election issue as they have not expressed any specific plans or programs yet.

IMO a vote for the Cons is the only hope to improve things for the BC public fishery. However, we will need to continue work hard to make sure this is an important issue before and especially after the election! My 2 bits.

 

[ship happens]

The liberals want to turn BC into a park. Regardless of IF the conservatives make any drastic changes, my gut tells me that they won't be fast tracking the MPA nonsense. Clearly our government has not worked for the last decade with the libs, so switching sides is the best hope we have. Imo.