Early Fraser Chinook

[scott craven]

Here's something i don't understand,
We have a closure for retention of unclipped Chinook until May 21
supposedly in order to protect early run Fraser fish.
yet there is no similar closure in area 28/29, which are the water's
directly in front of the Fraser (unless i'm missing something)

What is the point of letting those fish through if they can be targeted
by angler's as they arrive at the river ?? [?]

 

[Governor]

To R.S. Craven:

Ah yes, the politics of fisheries management leaves us all mystified sometimes.

A few Early-Timed Fraser River chinook with Coded Wire Tags were identified in the sport catch in the waters off Victoria years ago when DFO had money for tagging programs on the Fraser. No tags showed up in the other areas you mention, so they were not subject to this politically driven management measure.

DFO indicated the sport sector must bear the brunt of conservation measures when the adult ET Fraser chinook returns started declining, eventhough the marine approach water fisheries have little to no impact. They quickly pointed the management gun at Victoria citing there was evidence of fish taken there historically (the CWTS proved it), so there must still be fish being taken today. Hence the regulation to release the larger wild chinooks between Mar 1st and May 21st while the ET Frasers are migrating through. Political hocus pocus at its best.

We should all be aware - there are some within DFO who want to implement a broader area and longer times for the wild fish restrictions on the south Vancouver Island chinook fishery. The SFAB and the Chinook and Coho Working Group will be hearing more about that in the weeks ahead.

Gov



God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling - Izaak Walton

 

[Charlie]

That’s kind of like asking… why are all the waters inside “Nootka” “surf line” closed, until you get to Hoiss Point? [V][V][}][}]

 

[rln]

last year DFO announeced that closure of areas 28/29 starting April 1 plus any in river oppurtunities in late March. I would suspect that they will do the same thing this year, but who knows, it is DFO after all.

 

[bananas]

Well boys sounds like we have another fight on our hands,they want to extend this slot size from sidney to sheringham and talking about till mid july.What next.

 

[Last Chance]

What next is that Renfrew will be damn busy if that happens.

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[scott craven]

There will be a lot of PO'd fishermen if this goes through ...

 

[bananas]

Oh ya it's gonna suck.

 

[scott craven]

Anybody know when the DFO will announce the closure should it
go ahead ?
(I guess that's a dumb question )

 

[Lipripper]

Probably a day or two before its supposed to re-open [B)]

 

[scott craven]

To: Honourable Gail Shea April 19/2010
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Parliament Buildings, WELLINGTON Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6



Hello,

The issue of Fraser river Chinook salmon has recently come to the forefront of discussion amongst our sport fishing community.
To the best of my understanding, there are concerns over the diminishing returns of this species which have prompted some groups to call for a moratorium on sport fishing in area 19/20. (Juan de Fuca)

I believe the political lobbying for further restrictions from the largest user group is unfair.
Consider the DFO numbers which show their catch rate at 24% of the resource compared to the sports fishing sector at 1.2% .

While I fully understand that our salmon stocks have been pressured for many years with overfishing and continued habitat destruction, I believe there are better ways to deal with the problem rather than shut down the fishery.

There are thousands of people who rely on this fishery as their primary source of income from charter guides, to marina's, to tackle shops, and even hotels and restaurants in many of our coastal communities.
These business's create a positive spin off to the economy of British Columbia, generating millions of dollars in revenue

It would be very sad to see these people out of work , creating a further economic drain on the government's of B.C. and Canada.

In closing, please consider carefully the livlihood's of all those involved in our valued sport fishery before making a decision that would impact it negatively.


Thankyou,

Scott Craven
2535 Sinclair rd.
Victoria, B.C.
V8N-1B5