I dare anybody to go for a drive, from chilliwack to hells gate there is lots of net, park and walk down to all the creek mouth, nets nets and more nets, PS dont go down there if there is trucks there, they not to friendlySaw that photo this am. Apparently another two upriver were sighted as well.
With how low the Fraser is right now, pretty easy decimate the early endangered springs.
News wont touch this because you will be labelled rascist for showing the truth!
On another note...the DFO site isnt showing any updates for legal openings.
Guess the site has been down for 3 months....
We do not need global tv or any other news station to get this ******** out to the general public. Someone with a high quality drone and camera could film all of this stuff. I have no idea how to edit video etc but a lot of people nowadays do. Maybe we should do a go fund me to pay someone with the skills and equipment to put something together that could be shared on social media etc. If they could fly the river a couple times a month between now and August I’m sure It would very easy to show just how much poaching is going on.If it was done professionally it may gain some traction. Maybe this is something the Pacific fishing Alliance would be interested in? Just an idea.
While I don't live there anymore I can all but guarantee those are Indian nets. I grew up and lived on the Fraser for 50 years and the timing is right for them to be out there for early Fraser Springs. DFO has been mandated since the 80's to leave them alone.
But that's an opinion. I am asking if we know for sure they are FN. White guys poach 2.
Well here is an opinion. They are first nations nets. It is true that there are many kinds of poaching and done by many ethnically and racially diverse individuals, but not nets in the Fraser by non first nations, especially if they were salmon nets. How do I know these are first nation nets? The reaction, or rather lack of reaction to their presence.
Lets hold in abeyance the issue of whether these are FN salmon or Eulachon nets or both.
If some non FN poachers were to deploy unauthorized nets in the river, all hell would break lose and it would happen very quickly. Local Fraser River First Nations themselves would be screaming blue murder and revving up the protests. The risk of confrontation and actual physical conflict would be substantial between First Nations and those non FN poachers deploying the nets. DFO, RCMP and the Crown would be all over it and not going slow or low budget on the removal of the nets, investigations and prosecutions. The press would also be all over. Can you imagine the headlines if non first nations were net poaching in the river, the most endangered earlier run Fraser Chinook.
Is any of that happening? - no, just crickets.
How far down on the lillooet?Spoke with a buddy on the weekend who said there was a group netting the lower lilloet now too, he got back to his truck to find a hostile group taking photos of his vehicle. The road was closed off the next day.