Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 12:00AM 
From the North Coast Steelhead Alliance.
Here is the new draft IFMP for the north coast salmon. Check out the “New for 2015′ section on page 13 and Section 7.5 ‘Skeena River Decision Guidelines’ on page 75.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 12:06AM 
A very important call to action from the North Coast Steelhead Alliance.
It seems our old friends at DFO Prince Rupert are up to their old tricks again. This time they are trying sneak in an opportunity for more gillnetting on the lower Skeena. This is in response to one of those ‘proposals’ from industry or commercial fishermen that always seem to get DFO’s full attention (meanwhile our never ending proposal to eliminate gillnetting altogether sits on a shelf gathering dust!).
For details, please read the information provided below. While we are always against allowing more gillnetting, this proposal is especially galling as it runs counter to the ground rules established for these ‘Inland Demonstration Fisheries’ almost 30 years ago. Those rules stated any Inland fisheries of this type would be undertaken by “selective means”, like beach seines, dipnet, etc. NOT the same old gillnet.
IF YOU HAVE TIME PLEASE EMAIL SUE FARLINGER, DFO RDG AND LET HER KNOW YOUR FEELINGS TOWARDS ALLOWING MORE GILLNETTING IN THE LOWER SKEENA. CONTACTS: susan.farlinger@dfo-mpo.gc.ca CC it to DFO Rupert: mel.kotyk@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
The more vocal the opposition the better the chance we have of stopping this proposal. Spread this note around to anyone who steelhead fishes in the Skeena region and ask them to write a quick email.
Thursday, August 15, 2013 at 12:00AM 
While this year's Skeena sockeye fishery has been dismal, an above average sockeye return on the Nass resulted in additional north coast openings for commercial fishermen who were unable to fish the Skeena.
LINK (via: The Terrace Standard)
Meanwhile, the steelhead return numbers on both the Nass and the Dean are running lower than average, coincidence or the basic result of too much non-selective fishing?
LINK (North Coast Steelhead)
Friday, May 24, 2013 at 12:03AM 
The North Coast Steelhead Alliance highlights opposition to new reporting regulations for commercial fisherman in Northern BC.
The new regulations were put in place by the Department of Fisheries and Ocean in response to Marine Stewardship Council certification of the fishery. One of the conditions for certification set by the MSC was that all bycatch, especially steelhead, need to be properly accounted for.
Friday, August 3, 2012 at 12:00AM ;)
The North Coast Steelhead Alliance recently posted this graph, click to enlarge, that illustrates the corresponding drops in steelhead numbers right after commercial gillnet openings.
Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 12:02AM 
The managment of the commercial net openings that are currently occurring in British Columbia defies all common sense when it comes to protecting wild steelhead. In this particular case, the gill net fishery for chum salmon in the Dean Channel and the dropping of the weedline netting technique requirement.
From the North Coast Steelhead Alliance -
Allowing non-selective gillnetters into an area holding much more valuable summer run steelhead to target a fish that is worth pennies per pound. Where is the logic in that? In terms of management economics, it would appear cheaper to pay the 30 or 40 gillnetters to stay home than pay for the management time spent on this fishery in addition to the loss of incredibly valuable Dean river summer run steelhead.
The North Coast Steelhead Alliance reports and provides analysis on all the North Coast net openings, take a read but be prepared to tear your hair out.
