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Something fishy going on
Topic Started: Aug 31 2013, 04:16 AM (413 Views)
Dana
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The Pink Salmon are readying to go upstream and spawn. Hopefully some of these got upstream with the latest rains.
Spectator sport only in this river.

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They were jumping high and belly flopping down. Sometimes several at once like synchronized swimmers.
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Dana
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I had hoped to wash my hands after picking up butts and small bits of plastic from the trail on my walk but didn't want to disturb these quiet watchers. They didn't get a scrap of anything to eat though they watched in fascination. I think the heron is a youngster. It may have been kinder to scare them away to some spot where they could find fish more their eating size. It will be a while until the feasting begins once the fish have spawned and their flesh deteriorates enough for the birds to be able to tear into them once dead.
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FuzzyO
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He looks very patient.
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Dana
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I guess no one told these fishers that what they are doing
is illegal, or else they just don't care. DFO personnel has
been reduced. This is what happens.
It is supposed to be catch and release but I don't see
the sport in it when the fish are basically corralled and
it is like shooting fish in a barrel.

She says "you kill them...."

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PS - In Canada it is legal to take photos in public places, so this 'catch' is legit.


Edited by Dana, Aug 31 2013, 04:34 AM.
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lilal
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But if that family happens to be First Nations what they are doing isn't illegal even though some of the salmon stocks are at an all time low.
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Dana
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What you say does not appear to be true.
When white men arrived there was no fish problem. They created one, a white man problem.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/08/12/bc-sockeye-ban-skeena.html
First Nations Skeena sockeye fishery shut for first time
Ban extends to First Nations as returns plunge to historic lows
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Confusion here. We are just south of you and every day our son was visiting two weeks ago, the pinks were running in Puget Sound, he had a license and fished every day. The first day out he caught a pink, but as we already had dinner plans for the next two nights, gave it to the friends with whom he was fishing.

When and where does it become illegal?
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Dana
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It depends on the river or waterway. Not all are open for fishing. They are listed somewhere
or a call may be made to DFO to clarify. I do not fish any longer though I still eat fish.
Edited by Dana, Aug 31 2013, 05:10 AM.
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Kahu
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Fishing here is highly seasonal, except trout fishing in the central north which available year round.
Salmon, Trout fishing source
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Dana
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Our salmon runs are seasonal making that fishery a seasonal one and it is often subject to closures depending on the return numbers. The river I visited recently does not allow for that type of fish to be taken at present though there are other species in high enough numbers to allow for sport fishery there, soon.

Oddly enough I met this family on the river (without fishing gear) on a subsequent visit and mentioned that it was a 'catch and release only' on the fish now. The man denied having fished there and I left it at that, not wanting to have a confrontation and make the nice family uncomfortable.
I don't see the sport in 'catch and release' myself. A friend who had driven us on the outing did yell across the river at another fisher with his line in the water about it not being nice to torture fish. Embarrassing but true.
OTOH we both saw nothing wrong with a man who had fished restricted fish to feed his family when unemployed, years ago.
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The first attempts to naturalize Quinnat Salmon were made in 1875 in Hawkes Bay but were unsuccessful. After more than twenty five years, and many attempts by regional acclimatization societies, the New Zealand Government decided to make one concerted effort to establish a population in the Waitaki River. In 1905 the effort proved successful and the first naturalized population of Quinnat Salmon in the world were firmly established away from their native waters. The homing instinct of Quinnat Salmon is not always precise and individuals of the species have a tendency to wander into and colonize rivers other than the river they came from. This wandering has allowed the species to conserve its genetic diversity across different runs in different river systems. This was true of Quinnat Salmon in New Zealand with fish appearing in the Rakaia 1909, and reaching as far north as the Wairau River in 1922. This spread, along with the help of government releases of hatchery raised fish, has helped create naturalized runs in the major braided rivers of the Canterbury region.

Since their establishment in Canterbury waters, Quinnat Salmon have adapted their particular life cycle to the region. To match the seasons of the Southern Hemisphere, New Zealand Quinnat Salmon begin their upstream migrations in November peaking early in the new year and reaching their spawning grounds by mid to late April. The time spent in the ocean by Quinnat Salmon in their native range is highly variable, ranging from one to nine years. In New Zealand waters adult Quinnat Salmon spend two to four years in the ocean with a very small percentage returning after only six months at sea. Also the time spent in freshwater by New Zealand Quinnat Salmon is shorter and less variable than their Northern counterparts. Most juveniles migrate out to the ocean almost immediately after hatching. Quinnat Salmon in New Zealand have also been successfully introduced as a landlocked species spending their adult life in freshwater lakes before migrating up feeder streams to spawn. Landlocked Quinnat Salmon are similar to ocean run fish with the main differences being a shorter life cycle and a smaller maximum size (Bryant, 1979). Source Link

Landlocked Quinnat Salmon - Lake Hawea .... Source Link
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Dana
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Congratulations on the successful introduction of salmon to your waters though Springs (Quinnat) aren't one I buy much of. It is wonderful smoked or baked stuffed with some flavourful things like onions etc. The young Jack Springs are good pan fried as well.

Do you know if yours run through the Japanese radiation contaminated waters? Sadly, we may not have any but farmed salmon if things like that continue.
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