Captain PartyMarty
Crew Member
I will take some time off work to attend! See you guys down there!
Personally I still don't think it's a short and concise argument. I plan to be there for the protest. My concern is this situation though... Somebody walks by and sees a bunch of 25-65 year old white men standing in protest. What signs do they read? What chants are they hearing? They work up the balls to ask a question and are bored to death by trying to be read a four paragraph rant about CWT and DNA and Washington State and ENGO'S AND THE RIVERS! THE NATIVES ARE IN THE RIVERS!!!
Does she really care?
I for one still have a tough time explaining the issues at a dinner table with a 4 person audience and two hours to discuss it. So like I said I'm definitely coming and I support any plan to do something about this mess. But what is our headline message? What can fit on a sign board? How do we get the rest of BC on our side in one news clip? Who's our leader that can convey this message?
I'm playing devils advocate here because we've all seen how the news can spin things and getting any bad press can really hurt our cause. Perhaps a conversation should be had prior to the protest? Some talking points should be established. Let's agree on what the message is, in 280 characters or less.
How about
Public fishers support science based conservation
Public fishers rehabilitate streams
Public fishers volunteer at Hatcheries
Public fishers are prepared to SHARE the pain
Public fishers don’t use gill nets
Landing nets not gill nets.
Public fishers buy licenses and Conservation stamps.
Conservation yes, closure no!
Agree, but it’s hard to get all that onto a sign.Getting gillnets out of the Fr. River should refer specifically to chinook and whatever mesh size to allow appropriate fisheries during sockeye abundance.
Should be for all Gillnets no exceptions out of the Fraser River, and promote fish wheels and weirs going forward to selectively harvest what is deemed to be a sustainable harvest of specific types of fish for FN FSC. Only way to monitor by public without always getting the excuse it was a DFO endorsed Gillnet fishery and constantly bullshitting the Public. As for entitled "bad guys who just want to have the opportunity to kill fish" how about public fishers who just want to catch and eat a Wild Salmon.Getting gillnets out of the Fr. River should refer specifically to chinook and whatever mesh size to allow appropriate fisheries during sockeye abundance.
Not all legit sockeye gillnetters are indigenous, even if they only get to fish once in 4 years and can barely afford to paint and fuel for their boats. Why screw them even more?Should be for all Gillnets no exceptions out of the Fraser River, and promote fish wheels and weirs going forward to selectively harvest what is deemed to be a sustainable harvest of specific types of fish for FN FSC. Only way to monitor by public without always getting the excuse it was a DFO endorsed Gillnet fishery and constantly bullshitting the Public. As for entitled "bad guys who just want to have the opportunity to kill fish" how about public fishers who just want to catch and eat a Wild Salmon.
It can't be "tricky" going through this brutal process. It has to be honest, transparent, and monitored otherwise this is all for nothing. No one is going to care about streamkeepers, hatchery volunteers, and all the rest of it if the fish are just going into the Gillnets on there way to spawn.Yep it's tricky.
I remember when the FN guys around Richmond and Ladner were given one day a week to get some chinook food fish starting in April. Nobody had a problem with that. It wasn't just Sparrow that changed it for the worst. Greed.
There is a big difference between a set (anchored) gillnet and a free drifting gillnet. Lots of studies done on set gillnets showing why they should not be a method used for harvesting salmon. Non selective and too many fish die and fall out.Getting gillnets out of the Fr. River should refer specifically to chinook and whatever mesh size to allow appropriate fisheries during sockeye abundance.
The problem with that is legally if legitimate commercial fisherman are gillnetting, legitimate First Nations fisherman will also be gillnetting and that puts us right back to where we are now.There is a big difference between a set (anchored) gillnet and a free drifting gillnet. Lots of studies done on set gillnets showing why they should not be a method used for harvesting salmon. Non selective and too many fish die and fall out.
I for one don’t support all gillnets gone as this effectively shuts down any sockeye gillnetting by legitimate commercial fishermen. Using the right sized gillnet in certain targeted fisheries does not impact Chinook salmon. Don’t shut everything down because of what is happening upriver.