Well that does not line up with the areas as how they are referenced. 29-3 to 29-5 are 1 slot limit as of Aug 1, that map does not state closures it states measures.
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That tells me I can still fish any where in Howe Sound but only for coho.Did u read what you quoted ,
Immediately to 23:59 hours August 31: No fishing for Chinook.
the attitude of giving into a little will end up nothing
That’s how I read it too. According to the current regs in the Fishing BC app, you can still keep 2 hatch Cohos in area 28.That tells me I can still fish any where in Howe Sound but only for coho.
From Watershed Watch Facebook page:
DFO’s management measures announced today for Fraser Chinook once again fail to protect these endangered salmon runs. Last year (2019), the Minister set a conservation objective to limit total mortalities of Fraser Chinook to 5%. The actually mortalities were more than double this amount. This does not take in the additional impacts of the Big Bar slide. The new measures announced today are not substantially different from last year’s failed measures, even though the stocks are still at-risk, Canada is still not meeting its treaty obligations to the US, and the Big Bar slide is still a major concern. If we want to save these fish, we need to stop killing them. Of the 13 Fraser Chinook populations assessed by federal scientists, 12 are classified as ‘endangered’ or ‘threatened’. Further, Harrison Chinook, which return to the lower Fraser, have not met their target under the Canada-US Pacific Salmon Treaty in 7 of the last 8 years. DFO is not doing the monitoring necessary to understand where exactly these endangered fish are being caught in marine recreational fisheries (which catch most of these fish), and catch and compliance monitoring is sorely lacking in both the recreational and Indigenous fisheries. DFO is also failing to apply its own science in estimating the impact of catch-and-release fishing on the survival of Fraser chinook. DFO says they intend to invest in rebuilding, but they do not have rebuilding targets and plans in place as required by law. In other words, Minister Jordan and DFO decided today to ‘sit on their hands’ and watch the continued decline of Fraser salmon. Make no mistake: this is not a trade-off between conservation and the economy. In 2019, with these same measures in place, the recreational fishery caught almost 400,000 Chinook. The additional conservation reductions that Watershed Watch and our allies originally suggested may have reduced this number by maybe 15%, while ensuring the conservation targets were met for endangered Fraser chinook salmon.
I completely agree. Where do these numbers come from and how are they quantified?400,000 Chinook for Canada or Canada/US? I have a hard time seeing 400K Chinook for Canada rec fish in 2019
Tell us what you’re going to do then.Fool me once shame on you... Fool me twice shame on me... Sad to say No one to blame but ourselves. . How many time do we listen to those who are representing the rec fishing sector until we realize the strategy of playing nice and playing by the rules jsut don't frekin work???? How many times? We are the dumb and stupid fools... Why would this year be different than previous years? DFO are like used car salesmen who sell lemon cars... Tell you what you want to hear, give you hope, say all the right things and then next thing you know your pants are down to your ankles and you just got shafted.
Letters dont frekin work... Writing a huge proposal and trying to use logic, common sense and data in our proposal to DFO doesn't work... All we do is sit and wait and hope for the best.. Then when the ****** news comes out, we get pissed but don't do anything about it. Next year same **** will happen. How is it that deep down inside everyone would have been content if they kept the regulations the same as last year when those weren't even acceptable? With the crappy new regs this year, does that mean next year we will hope they keep them the same as this year? It a damn game of chicken and we Always flinch first. They know we won't make a stink about it. Why do you think FN can do as they please on the rivers and oceans? Because there will be a **** storm by every FN group in the province if a confrontation happens.. And DFO knows it.
No more playing nice. No more freaking proposals.. We need to make a stance and draw a line in the sand. Otherwise this **** will happen year after year.
Tell us what you’re going to do then.
400,000 Chinook for Canada or Canada/US? I have a hard time seeing 400K Chinook for Canada rec fish in 2019
Sad truth is that there is nothing legal that can be done. Admit total defeat.
https://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fraserriver/firstnations/PDFs/CeremonialOpeningTimes.pdf
Only 22 “ legal” openings approved by DFO so far this year!
Remember these are the stocks DFO is apparently trying to protect and the reason why we are not fishing!
Should be zero if conservation is an actual issue