Just make sure you understand what Ron is saying...he's saying that if you remove the gillnets, you remove the State's ability to remove enough hatchery fish (recreationals can't even come close to doing it)...so you remove the ability to plant more fish (and planting more fish benefits orcas and recreational fishers).
Not saying I do or do not agree with that...just want to make sure we understand what he's saying.
Fish on...
Todd
I totally get the train of thought here.
But there is a glaring Achilles Heel to this argument. Eliminating gillnets does not in and of itself eliminate the harvesting power of the commercials to remove hatchery fish. However, it WILL once and for all incentivize (coerce?) them to FINALLY adopt a gear-type capable of selectively disproportionate exploitation rates on hatchery fish thru live-capture sorting techniques that allow the depleted ESA fish to escape unharmed.
Selective fishing and oodles of hatchery fish are NOT mutually exclusive as Garner's argument suggests. Quite the opposite.... complementary like hand and glove. The CR fish trap is a PERFECT example of CLEAN biologically defensible mega harvest of hatchery fish... deployed by design for mega production and mega harvest.... to terminal wipeout levels for hatchery fish, no matter how many are made.
There lies the real crux.
Who's gonna fish behind them. No one likes gettin' low-holed.
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