For anyone reading this thread and its initial post, there is no retention of sockeye salmon on the Fraser. In fact, there is no fishing for salmon right now within the closure area.
There is no movement or protest fishery at all monday or any other day, period. BCFR does not condone such ideas, and would like to discourage such talk as it inevitably only fosters attitudes that make sportfishers look bad in the long run. Such statements are irresponsible at best, if not downright ridiculous. In fact such statements are in my opinion the poster child for why the problems that plague our fisheries perpetuate themselves year after year.
As fishermen, and mature adults, (hopefully), we have a responsibility to think before we speak and conduct ourselves in ways that actually help our fisheries rather than make the situation worse. We also have an opportunity to set an example for future generations of fishermen and I shudder to think what example such statements set for our children.
Do not buy into such thought. The old adage that "two wrongs do not make a right", however corny, is more true here than at any other time. Resorting to the very same measures as those we complain about lacks forethought, and smacks of an ignorance many, including myself, wish could be corrected.
Until that day I am sure many here will still find themselves standing on a river somewhere shaking their heads at such ideas and attitudes. I am sure I will in the future, just as I am now.
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