Quote: “Who carries the can on behalf of steelhead these days? I haven’t seen a word of concern expressed by any of the groups or people in receipt of this message. The closest anyone came was a request for me to try and quantify the impact of the extra days of commercial fishing in the second week of August. I responded indicating that was, by far, the least of my concerns given all the unmonitored and unquantified First Nations fishing already on the record and more to come. Silence thereafter. No one dares hint that the FN situation is effectively out of control. Any message in that regard would jeopardize relationships with FNs and threaten the future of funding opportunities now dependent on collaborative approaches. Steelhead are such a non-priority in that scenario it is completely understandable they are a zero priority.”
The following is an important article from another website, please take the time to read it and update your knowledge about our local rivers.
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