Indian Arm Chinook net pen project - historical info

[sundance]

will do...... have some hurls to go thru but it does look promising....

ESQUIMALT ANGLERS. NET PEN PROJECT DID CHINOOK PENS IN 1990 till 2003 , when we had to shut down as fish were returning to the federal graving dock , then started point release 1/2 mile away at First Nations boat ramp , was ok , then decided 3 yrs ago to do net pen in Ogden point ( cruise ship area ) first we had to purchase a $3000 oxygen sensor which proved great oxygen levels , deep water and good security, no help from $ or tech help this went on for a yr , had oks from harbour authority and First Nations , this lasted 3 yrs , next hoop all had to be wired coated and clipped at nitinat hatchery ( 108,000 fry ) at a cost to our club of $35,000) per yr for 5 yrs , still no written paperwork for a par licence . Or any reply till this Monday, told no GO , reasons given STRAYING WAS A BIGGIE/ no river nearby , plus what would we do with all that thousands of adults returning . It is a put and take fishery , would maybe get 1200 , returning as we had around 400 on the point release in Esquimalt harbour , we are a club of 600 doing springs / coho since 1980, totally disgusted withDFO , they just don't care , we were funding all the costs , they nothing , they could have told us 18 months ago it wasn't going to fly , so before you waist hrs of time and money , get answers first, if you want any more info we have a web site under above club name

 

[TheBigGuy]

ESQUIMALT ANGLERS. NET PEN PROJECT DID CHINOOK PENS IN 1990 till 2003 , when we had to shut down as fish were returning to the federal graving dock , then started point release 1/2 mile away at First Nations boat ramp , was ok , then decided 3 yrs ago to do net pen in Ogden point ( cruise ship area ) first we had to purchase a $3000 oxygen sensor which proved great oxygen levels , deep water and good security, no help from $ or tech help this went on for a yr , had oks from harbour authority and First Nations , this lasted 3 yrs , next hoop all had to be wired coated and clipped at nitinat hatchery ( 108,000 fry ) at a cost to our club of $35,000) per yr for 5 yrs , still no written paperwork for a par licence . Or any reply till this Monday, told no GO , reasons given STRAYING WAS A BIGGIE/ no river nearby , plus what would we do with all that thousands of adults returning . It is a put and take fishery , would maybe get 1200 , returning as we had around 400 on the point release in Esquimalt harbour , we are a club of 600 doing springs / coho since 1980, totally disgusted withDFO , they just don't care , we were funding all the costs , they nothing , they could have told us 18 months ago it wasn't going to fly , so before you waist hrs of time and money , get answers first, if you want any more info we have a web site under above club name

Very sad, DFO is beyond dysfunctional. Sorry to hear all your hard work was for naught. Good luck with your future efforts.

 

[Fishing?]

So why not just get a commercial pen fishing thingy. You know they can put anything in those pens, Atlantic salmon are about as alien to any west coast fish as possible and they are permitted. They give those permits out like tic tacs and never deal with any of the ramifications.
Hmmmm, ......accidental commercial pen release..... of native Chinook species......near a river.....surely can't be worse than the last four or five Atlantics I've caught in the ocean and in the stream, little ones and big ones.

Or maybe it can be made up to look like an abandoned boat, again no one deals with those either.

Or just do it and say sorry later. I mean, what's to stop people from just dumping a bunch of fry in a stream a few times a year? It wouldn't be as assured but they might take. Then what would DFO do, sterilize the river/stream?

My dear old da has shown me around dozens of places where there were salmon runs, he used to have them in his back yard at 63rd and prince Edward in Vancouver.