Recreational sockeye, chinook fishing banned
Recreational sockeye and chinook salmon fishing in the Alsek River are off the table.
Recreational sockeye and chinook salmon fishing in the Alsek River are off the table.
The preseason forecast for Alsek River chinook salmon is 4,000 fish, while the escapement goal range is 3,500 to 5,300 fish.
“A forecast of this magnitude provides for very little directed harvest opportunity,” Fisheries and Oceans Canada said Monday.
“As a result, the Alsek River (British Columbia and Yukon portions, including tributaries) daily recreational quota for chinook salmon is reduced to zero fish until further notice.
“Additionally, the Yukon portion of the Alsek River drainage will be closed to all salmon angling effective April 1 to August 14, 2022.”
Meanwhile, the preseason forecast for Alsek River sockeye salmon is 49,000 fish; the escapement goal range is 24,000 to 33,500 fish.
Consequently, the Alsek River (B.C. and Yukon portions, including tributaries) daily recreational quota for sockeye salmon is also reduced to zero fish until further notice.
“The daily quota reductions are necessary to ensure that chinook and sockeye salmon escapement is maximized in the Alsek River (including tributaries) for 2022,” the federal department said.
“Further restrictions or liberalizations are subject to in season information.”
Comments (6)
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Charlie's Aunt on Jun 22, 2022 at 3:18 pm
Sure the discrepancies between counts of fish entering the river systems and those reaching spawning grounds can be accounted for by catching by any means along the rivers, but those who were here think back. Back in 70s it wasn't difficult to catch a couple of Chinooks on a weekend fishing trip to Haines, nor was it difficult to harvest a few Tanner crabs in a pot chucked off wharf at Cannery Bay. Forward a few years and both fish and crab numbers declined. Not all of that can be blamed on recreational or subsistence fishers, much of it happened because of advent of using big processing ships outside US & Canadian territorial waters. Similar to the disappearing Maritime Cod. Think twice before you buy that frozen or canned fish that says genuine Pacific, processed in China.
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Groucho d'North on Jun 19, 2022 at 9:22 am
For years many anglers witnessed the decline of returning salmon and raised their concerns to the government departments and politcians who did not think it was worth pissing off the American fishing fleets and the 'subsistance' people living along the rivers with fish wheels. Some who would catch migrating salmon and plant them in their gardens for fertilizer or feed them to their dogs to stretch out their expence budgets by not buying dog food. Now we witness the results of this inaction and even now our governments are not dealing with the real issue, it is easier to restrict the recreational anglers who want a fish for the table rather than to fill the hold of a seiner.
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Chuck Farley on Jun 18, 2022 at 10:40 am
Thomas Brewer; majority of YFN get their salmon from the Taku River Tlingits
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unReal on Jun 18, 2022 at 8:46 am
Hey Thomas! Attend the next Yukon Salmon Committee public meeting and share your views with them. Bring Mitch with you.
You are trolling!
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Josey Wales on Jun 17, 2022 at 4:43 pm
So suppose the recreational eating season is cancelled too?
Look forward the the morphology where recreational forest seeking will be banned too.
“Good grief”...Charlie Brown
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Thomas Brewer on Jun 17, 2022 at 4:18 pm
and subsistence fishing?