Fisheries expands mass marking of hatchery chinook in southern B.C.

[Derby]

Subject: Fisheries expands mass marking of hatchery chinook in southern B.C. - Castanet.net



https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/60...-marking-of-hatchery-chinook-in-southern-B-C-

 

[Birdman]

The optimist in me looks forward to hopefully expanded marked selective fisheries openings.

The realist in me sees this as an excuse for DFO to forever close retention of wild chinook, everywhere, even if not justified.

 

[SG2.0]

The optimist in me looks forward to hopefully expanded marked selective fisheries openings.

The realist in me sees this as an excuse for DFO to forever close retention of wild chinook, everywhere, even if not justified.

Agreed

 

[Fishing?]

Do all these new rules still support the Orca population or was that a red herring all along?

 

[onefish]

The optimist in me looks forward to hopefully expanded marked selective fisheries openings.

The realist in me sees this as an excuse for DFO to forever close retention of wild chinook, everywhere, even if not justified.

There would be no reason to differentiate between commercial or FN trollers in that case, making non retention of wild chinook mandatory coast wide. If they marked 100% of the hatchery fish in the USA and Canada that might actually work out to the benefit of the fish and the fisherman.
Not sure what the ratio of hatchery to wild fish is but I would guess there are more hatchery fish than wild fish in our south coast waters.

 

[Birdman]

There would be no reason to differentiate between commercial or FN trollers in that case, making non retention of wild chinook mandatory coast wide. If they marked 100% of the hatchery fish in the USA and Canada that might actually work out to the benefit of the fish and the fisherman.
Not sure what the ratio of hatchery to wild fish is but I would guess there are more hatchery fish than wild fish in our south coast waters.

Maybe in some areas around Georgia Strait and the major WCVI hatchery rivers like in area 23 and 25, but certainly not on the mainland inlets, central coast, north coast, or certain parts of WCVI where there are not large hatcheries.

 

[onefish]

Maybe in some areas around Georgia Strait and the major WCVI hatchery rivers like in area 23 and 25, but certainly not on the mainland inlets, central coast, north coast, or certain parts of WCVI where there are not large hatcheries.

You could be right but we will never know when a huge percentage of hatchery fish present as wild because they are not marked.