I had to leave the Skeena country. The steelhead have been going down there for a number of years now. Unfortunately steelhead fishing in BC could become a thing of the past. Once upon a time there were steelhead.
4,000 steelhead in a system as big and productive as the Skeena is pathetic. Combined with seriously low water conditions, we're looking at a potential collapse. Of course, the main problem is the incidental catch by the net fisheries, and the constant annual pressure from the gillnet, seine and upstream food fisheries is bound to deplete the weakest fisheries to near extinction in the long run, unless seriously curtailed, which is close to impossible politically. Good luck trying to curtail the Alaska fisheries, the food fisheries, and the sockeye fisheries. Our most prized fisheries are Chinook and Steelhead, and those are the weakest. At least most of the Skeena Chinook return before July 15th. But the steelhead return is mostly from mid-July to mid-August, right in the middle of the net fisheries.
whens the next update coming
I had to leave the Skeena country. The steelhead have been going down there for a number of years now. Unfortunately steelhead fishing in BC could become a thing of the past. Once upon a time there were steelhead.
Is the river going to be closed this year ?
good work bc thumbs up to nobody!!!
sad info......
4,000 steelhead in a system as big and productive as the Skeena is pathetic. Combined with seriously low water conditions, we're looking at a potential collapse. Of course, the main problem is the incidental catch by the net fisheries, and the constant annual pressure from the gillnet, seine and upstream food fisheries is bound to deplete the weakest fisheries to near extinction in the long run, unless seriously curtailed, which is close to impossible politically. Good luck trying to curtail the Alaska fisheries, the food fisheries, and the sockeye fisheries. Our most prized fisheries are Chinook and Steelhead, and those are the weakest. At least most of the Skeena Chinook return before July 15th. But the steelhead return is mostly from mid-July to mid-August, right in the middle of the net fisheries.
Horrible