reduce limit

[Trent Guide]

i have been fishing all life. We catch annually what we eat. My guest return ever year telling me that they have stock still in the freezer. I don't let them catch their limit. We have seen the Halibut stocks reduce ever year. It's getting to the point where we don't keep large Halibut that trophy hunters want to catch. Let them go measure up some where else. Half the time, it's the guide who actually brings in the catch.[:I]
It's important for charter operator to educate their guest...reduce the catch...catch what you need...it isn't their limit all tell you that much.
One guest, one day at their limit...hali,spring,coho,lingcod,yelloweye= more than they can handle. For those of us who can catch the limit, it's time to STOP

 

[Dogbreath]

Where do you work?

 

[OldBlackDog]

Trolling are we??

 

[tubbed out]

TRolling



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nice

go away

 

[SerengetiGuide]

He didn't really mention the business....may not be trolling...just stating his opinion?? Just trying to look for the good

 

[papg5860]

While you're condemming the few who are like that, there's many of us who come out to the coast once a year, with a 2 fish limit B.C. will lose a fair amount of money. Yes I know catch and release is great but in the end it's nice to have a fish feed when I get home. Look at the locals as long as you only have the limit in the freezer you can keep on catching.

 

[Trent - Guide]

Sorry, I charter out of Skidegate, Haida Gwaii. I fish with Haida Expeditions. A local sport fishing company. I've also been with West Coast Resorts. You have to look at it as a whole...sure there are few who really only come out once a year, but we have to weigh in those who come several times a year as well. I see it from all aspects, my family trolls, seines, and sportfish. They need to reduce and keep reducing catch until stocks are building. Thats many decades of recovery.

 

[Striper Sniper]

Now, that is trolling..........[V] SS

 

[Vince914]

I think he is only stating his opinion like 1/2 the poeple on this forum I would guess from what he is saying if everyone should reduce thier catch and and try to protect whats left out there


If it is his opinion thats great! he is entitled to it

Obviosuly its gettign worse as the limits are decreasing all the time numbers of returns are declining each year
Look at Sockeye [xx(]

 

[Nimo]

Anyone that can understand that Halibut proposal can probably handle this:
"The Tragedy of the Commons," From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

"The Tragedy of the Commons is a type of social trap, often economic, that involves a conflict over finite resources between individual interests and the common good."

"Situations exemplifying the "tragedy of the commons" include the overfishing and destruction of the Grand Banks, the destruction of salmon runs on rivers which have been dammed (most prominently in modern times on the Columbia River in the NW US, but historically in N Atlantic rivers generally), the devastation of the sturgeon fishery (in modern times especially in Russia, but in historical times in the US as well),...."

In summary, our stocks haven't got a hope any time soon as long as we continue to exploit to the extent that we do, blaming everyone else and fighting for our own right to continue. Ya I know, bla, bla, bla.

We can poke fun at Trent but sadly the stocks will have to hit absolute rock bottom before anyone will take a stand. And, maybe it is too late.

I used to fill the freezer every year, giving away springs like they were firewood. I now only take what my family can eat (10 or less per year.) Having killed 8-9 springs last year I still have two 20 lber's in the freezer; I probably didn't need them. And no, you can't have them.

I intend to keep my annual kill to a reasonable level and will not take more than 5 springs or halibut if I'm so lucky to catch them.

Not an opinion, but a committment to the stocks.

Nimo

 

[Trent - Guide]

Thats right Nimo, we just need to understand stocks are hurting and we need to fish more responsible. I feel for those of you coming from other places and I see that my opinion is biased, however, I have taken measures that make my actions more resonsible. I am practising what I preach! I like to fish, people I take out fishing understand where I am coming from...those that truly love fishing understand that sometimes it's alright to just be out there. Enjoy the beauty of the islands you fish around. Take home a couple nice fish...i.e. one 80lbs halibut and two 30lbs spring and a nice view of Haida Gwaii...priceless.

 

[Trent - Guide]

P.S. I like the the last quote..."the Tragidy.."sounds good.

I don't let them catch their limit was reference to the maximun limit of the species they can take...Grand Slam! This doesn't not happen often due to the poor stocks of Lingcod...I don't like to catch Ling, they are the in dire straights for coming back. Same for Yelloweye...you can't release yelloweye...so they ditch small yelloweye for the bigger ones. I've came across plenty of rockfish floating near a hole.

 

[Nimo]

Originally posted by Trent - Guide

P.S. I like the the last quote..."the Tragidy.."sounds good.

Trent: Google "The Tragedy of the Commons" It's been tossed around for centuries back past the days of roaming shepards to Aristotle. It really drives home what we (meaning all fishers) are up against. It is just as relevant today.

Thanks
Nimo