.almost all LM FN can spot a steelhead out like a sore thumb.
Regardless of whether its through ignorance or on purpose they get recorded most of the time as Coho. They are also aloud to keep all incidental caught species expect sturgeon.
Take the nets out of the water and watch the interior steelhead stocks rebound!!
You aren't going to get any arguments from me!
"Area E Fraser River Chum Fishery
–two openings on October 24 and 27; harvest of 77,139 chum
–retained bycatch of 1 pink and 68 hatchery coho
–104 Chinook, 740 unmarked coho, 8 sockeye, 14 pink, 12 steelhead and 264 sturgeon were released
–1 Atlantic salmon was caught
FVW have 5 prosecution files related to the Fraser River commercial fishery. The majority are related to participating in a salmon fishery without operational revival tanks"
Fraser river Abo Fishery
Closure patrols on the Fraser River were strategically implemented during the day and night to protect historically low number of returning Fraser River salmon.
Over 100 illegal gillnets were removed from the River during these closure patrols
•UCAT patrols were the primary focus to prevent illegal harvest
•Chum fisheries took place in the Fraser River during October and November (commercial, EO, recreational and FSC) with most fishers found in compliance with regulations
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