tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858731198880174982.post1413119390279873588..comments2019-08-23T04:12:32.077-07:00Comments on Skeena Fisheries Blog: Number crunching exercise for gillnet impactsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858731198880174982.post-34725927276076869362008-08-13T07:28:00.000-07:002008-08-13T07:28:00.000-07:00As time allows:Could you possibly prepare a Google...As time allows:<BR/>Could you possibly prepare a Google Earth map and show us approximately where 300(!) Gill net sets do occur?<BR/>For those of us who fish up river I think it would be helpful/alarming to see how inclusive the sets really are and how likely impossible it is for many fish to escape impacts.<BR/><BR/>GregGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14151055137250633854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858731198880174982.post-47977925344558592642008-08-11T07:30:00.000-07:002008-08-11T07:30:00.000-07:00kent; thanks for joining.we think the key is getti...kent; thanks for joining.<BR/>we think the key is getting away from non-selective gillnets altogether....or at the very least using tangle nets in very restricted areas and times.<BR/><BR/>you just cant allow 300 gillnetters to impact non-target stocks like they do anymore...the non-target fish, especially steelhead are too important.North Coast Steelhead Alliancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15336803261483493611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858731198880174982.post-55555256740031667542008-08-11T01:06:00.000-07:002008-08-11T01:06:00.000-07:00Your number crunching exercise is a good one and i...Your number crunching exercise is a good one and it begs several questions. If we use this type of data to estimate potential negative impact, we (including the DFO)can and should be able to come up with some sort of compromise plan to work out a better overall process and plan, isn't that true?. One simple example that could be employed in 2009 is to allow gill netting every other day, say during a 20 to 22 day season...then do the same type of calculations as you did with your current post. This would allow Steelhead and other non-targeted fish an opportunity to move freely upriver with out net intervention. Then data can be compared to estimate the size of the run for one year compared to the estimmated size the next year and then I am sure things can be figured out resulting in a total impact number for that netting process as you attempt to determine impact by using your number crunching example.<BR/><BR/>In other words, why can't we try a few things that can result in compromise for both the Commercial and sport fisherman and see what happens? If it gives the Commercial guys access to get what they are looking for and it allows more non-targeted fish to move upriver, why would anyone be against trying several approaches, including the DFO?<BR/><BR/>Of Course, alternative netting procedures could be tested the same way. For example, tell the fleet now that for 2009 there will be only short set seine netting allowed and again when done, compare the data. The point is, we know stocks are threatened, nobody including the DFO can argue with this so lets try a few things to come up with a better process that compromises for all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858731198880174982.post-54031929196522887432008-08-10T21:26:00.000-07:002008-08-10T21:26:00.000-07:00I've fished the skeena system for twenty years,sor...I've fished the skeena system for twenty years,sorry I just found you.I,m not sure of the parameters followed by the commercial fishery but something better has to be proposed to protect this WORLD <BR/>TREASURE! I know the solution but that is highly unlikely. How about escapement days netting for 5 out of 7 days but no increase in allowed days? Just an idea. Anyway,I hope the data foretells the angling success,we can only hope.Thankyou, joining the alliance this minute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com