Not wanting to flame any discussion here - but just because a net is in the water - doesn't necessarily mean they are catching many fish or overfishing, neither. Nets are normally more efficient than trolling or sportsfishing - but they number they take is dependent upon: 1/ whether or not there are any fish there; 2/ how long the net is in the water; 3/ the mesh size/length/depth of the net.
Fishing with nets in larger rivers with potential weak stocks and multi-species is riskier than net-fishing single-species runs - which can often happen in smaller rivers. The key to "risk-management" is timing - and knowing when *NOT* to fish when "weak" stocks are migrating.
There can be conservation concerns - and when there is - like the Skeena this summer - First Nations are not permitted to fish, then for those stocks of concern when they are migrating home.
There are "good" and "bad" fishermen in all sectors - but keep in mind First Nations are not actually a "special interest" group as some have claimed. They are actual holders of Rights and Titles - and after conservation needs are met - are owed a fiduciary duty by the feds to have their food needs met.
South of the border - check-out the Bolt Decision - if you disagree that First Nations in Canada need to have 1st priority on intercepting returning stocks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Washington
wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/BoldtDecision8.5x11layoutforweb.pdf
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/pu...rterly/unintended-consequences-boldt-decision
In the US - aboriginal fishermen have the opportunity to take up to 50% of the harvestable number of fish. That's not the way it works in Canada. This is how it works in Canada:
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/aboriginal-autochtones/iapf-cipa-eng.htm
Fishing with nets in larger rivers with potential weak stocks and multi-species is riskier than net-fishing single-species runs - which can often happen in smaller rivers. The key to "risk-management" is timing - and knowing when *NOT* to fish when "weak" stocks are migrating.
There can be conservation concerns - and when there is - like the Skeena this summer - First Nations are not permitted to fish, then for those stocks of concern when they are migrating home.
There are "good" and "bad" fishermen in all sectors - but keep in mind First Nations are not actually a "special interest" group as some have claimed. They are actual holders of Rights and Titles - and after conservation needs are met - are owed a fiduciary duty by the feds to have their food needs met.
South of the border - check-out the Bolt Decision - if you disagree that First Nations in Canada need to have 1st priority on intercepting returning stocks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Washington
wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/BoldtDecision8.5x11layoutforweb.pdf
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/pu...rterly/unintended-consequences-boldt-decision
In the US - aboriginal fishermen have the opportunity to take up to 50% of the harvestable number of fish. That's not the way it works in Canada. This is how it works in Canada:
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/aboriginal-autochtones/iapf-cipa-eng.htm