Radical Idea to help Salmon Stocks

[Jesse B.]

Its the greed

Pumping up hatchery numbers has been proven ineffective at bringing wild stocks back for quit some time now. Healthy rivers and a healthy ocean will be key to growing our salmon numbers. Hatcheries will grow sport, commercial and FN fleets but are not going to address the true problems in the health and future of our salmon stocks. Hatcheries will provide a fishery for these groups and should, but wild fish will continue to see gradual declines with the odd blip of strong return. We should really be looking at where wild fish are making a comback and why. Then try and reproduce this model. Hatchery fry stand a better chance because they're larger than wild, we should be focusing more on stream fertilization and rehabilitation to help wild fish. Most of our watersheds are logged or contaminated in some way. Our oceans have changed due to global warming, and human industry. The most prudent step to rebuilding is creating the environment that fish can thrive in. Something our greed has not let happen.

 

[profisher]

Whatever the chosen methods will be to restore wild salmon populations there has to be a first step to bring all parties together to force the resources manager to start managing.

 

[Jesse B.]

I totally agree with you profisher, sadly it is what we are managing, greed, and not fish.

 

[Seafever]

Blame declines on the Humboldt Squid...............apparently these squid which thrive up north when the water is warm enough, will eat every salmon they can get their mitts on......and there are thousands of these squid up there at times....


o.k..... it's a bit of a stretch..... but still.....

 

[salmonboy]

we need hatcheries...too bad the government wont give the money! At least theres still lots of chinook in Ontario!

 

[Jesse B.]

That's because they're from the United States.

 

[Jesse B.]

Needing hatcheries...kinda sad. Kinda like needing brothels to make love. There is a place for hatcheries but it's not in recovering what we've destroyed and lost. The work will be harder than just dumping in hatchery fish.

 

[salmonboy]

Needing hatcheries...kinda sad. Kinda like needing brothels to make love. There is a place for hatcheries but it's not in recovering what we've destroyed and lost. The work will be harder than just dumping in hatchery fish.

not sure what u mean? r u saying that hatcheries are not the way to go? There is no recovering the wild stocks....they re gone! And the great lakes r stocked by canadian hatcheries, and US! ...........

 

[fortyfour]

Needing hatcheries...kinda sad. Kinda like needing brothels to make love. There is a place for hatcheries but it's not in recovering what we've destroyed and lost. The work will be harder than just dumping in hatchery fish.

Are you for real? probably close to half the chinook caught off our Canadian coast are USA hatchery fish. Once a civilization moves into an area and any type of development happens from agriculture to industrial activity the rivers and spawning habitat of wild salmon suffer. Hatcheries are the only way to keep wild salmon stocks healthy and have our civilization at the same time. I'd say thats a pretty good compromise. Otherwise what else is your solution Jesse B. If you have a better Idea on recovering whats already been destroyed and lost then spit it out don't just bash and discount hatcheries. Look at our US neighbours and the example they have set by sticking with and fully supporting their own hatchery programs that are a proven success. WE NEED MORE HATCHERIES IN BC!!!

 

[fish4all]

Whatever the chosen methods will be to restore wild salmon populations there has to be a first step to bring all parties together to force the resources manager to start managing.

bang on... All our fisheries would benefit if the user groups would get together and take a good run at Ottawa. Pacific region is like a lost sheep now. Pretty much useless with all the funding cuts. I for one am in full support of ocean ranching as a means to take the pressure off the rivers and let them rebuild. That being said with the habitat destruction on this coast I believe the only way our salmon stocks will flourish is with our help through habitat restoration and hatcheries.

 

[SSIREELACTION]

a big part of the salmon diet is herring.start to see the herring stick around salmon will follow.theres no point in putting back fish if there is no feed for them. what about all the seals that are taken to animal shelters.help a sick starving seal then putting it back in the ocean is not the solution. all the do gooders help a seal but do they release food to go with there good deed. i think not.i have asked on many threads where are all the herring that used to be around the gulf islands no good replys so far. fact is they have been fished out.

 

[salmonboy]

Needing hatcheries...kinda sad. Kinda like needing brothels to make love. There is a place for hatcheries but it's not in recovering what we've destroyed and lost. The work will be harder than just dumping in hatchery fish.

How do brothels and hatcheries have anything in common...? im down with the brothel idea tho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!