Ron Willis
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With the amount of small springs that have been around how many where scooped up by the seiners that been out front for 2 or 3 days now.
I used to seine and they are not very selective when you purse up what ever is in the net is pretty much dead unless they spend a lot of time brailing and trying to sort out the springs. I remember shoveling springs off the deck in Alberti canal when we were sockeye fishing.Probably none it's a Chum fishery.
I don’t know if they are catching much but they were getting $1.50 a poundView attachment 41281 The commercial guys are still trying to catch the ferry off Nanaimo. This was this morning right by the fingers. Can't believe they're still hammering Chum! Wouldn't want to have any extra Chum in the river to help put nutrients back to feed juvenile salmon and steelhead!
I’m pretty sure Nanaimo has a healthy Chum run and they don’t want to over spawn the river. It’s most likely a cleanup fishery now that they have their escapement.PROBABLY none its a chum fishery ?????? really ???? this is why salmon are in trouble, Jimmy Pattison needs more money so lets catch every fish so he can make money!! he has a better lobbyist than sporties will ever have . Seines catch everything !! give the salmon a break
Over spawn the river?? The problem for many BC salmon rivers is they're not getting enough nutrients from salmon carcasses. These help feed juvenile salmon and steelhead. Create insect life and increase the health of the rivers ecosystem. DFO likes to scoop up Chum's like they're worthless!I’m pretty sure Nanaimo has a healthy Chum run and they don’t want to over spawn the river. It’s most likely a cleanup fishery now that they have their escapement.
I was at the lower part of the river the other day and there were very few chum to be seen alive or spawned out. Also the river is full of gill nets this year so that will also affect any Coho that are in there. Hard to believe that there are as many fish in the system as the dfo says there are.I’m pretty sure Nanaimo has a healthy Chum run and they don’t want to over spawn the river. It’s most likely a cleanup fishery now that they have their escapement.
How did generations of salmon survive over thousands of years where we weren’t around to “manage” the overspawning? You’re telling me that the mother nature does better with man’s interventions? Maybe my science is leaky but it just doesn’t make sense...Seriously folks?!
Overspawn actually happens and it is not good.
The gravel can only hold so many spawners. Every extra spawner over the 100% capacity will destroy three other spawning beds.
Biotic potential.
Once the spawning bed is at 100% kill the rest before they hit the gravel. If you want to throw them next to a tree, ok hippy.
Terminal fisheries are an effective management tool for maximum Salmon health and returns.
I'm sorry....never will buy into the over spawning. If there is an abundance it often pushes fish into areas they haven't spawned in..in a long time.
Over spawning is just a technical term DFO uses for greater mismanagement.
Unmanaged populations are not steady. They follow a boom and bust model.
Managing Salmon stocks for maximum returns means getting the escapement number, which is the capacity of the gravel bed.
In theory this is simple. It gets complicated when you have mixed stocks that have different escapement numbers.
A terminal fishery is properly used when escapement is on the gravel and there is little to no mixing of vulnerable stocks.
At that point, it is best to not allow any more on the gravel.
Seriously folks?!
Overspawn actually happens and it is not good.
The gravel can only hold so many spawners. Every extra spawner over the 100% capacity will destroy three other spawning beds.
Biotic potential.
Once the spawning bed is at 100% kill the rest before they hit the gravel. If you want to throw them next to a tree, ok hippy.
Terminal fisheries are an effective management tool for maximum Salmon health and returns.
GS, I have little faith in DFO science making a determination on river a surplus of spawners. The DFO stock assessment budget has never been at lower level than it is currently. They're making decisions based on best guess estimates! They fail to recognize the value of Chum to overall river ecosystem health. Its time we as sport anglers started raising this issue with our MP's and DFO representatives more vocally!I am not saying this specific fishery is good or bad.
I do not have the necessary data to make that call.
I am merely suggesting that you may not have that data either and to call for a prohibition for what I am assuming is a terminal fishery would be premature.