B.C. conservationists say Alaska fishermen contributing to low Skeena River sockeye run

Friday, July 19, 2013 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in Conservation, Environment, News, fish in the news, skeena sockeye, skeena steelhead

A near record-low sockeye salmon run for Skeena River fisheries has cut off the catch in B.C., but conservation groups say Alaskan fishermen are not pulling in their nets, making the problem worse.

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Alaska keeps no records of its steelhead bycatch. This despite being MSC Certified as a sustainable fishery. Its long past the time that Alaska needs to step up and start accounting for its fishery impacts on Skeena steelhead.

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(via: North Coast Steelhead Alliance)

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