Originally Posted By: Carcassman
The WSC has shown that traps are able to selectively remove hatchery fish and pass wild fish. This wild fish then show up on the grounds, hundreds of miles upstream. There is no (good) reason not to convert the NI commercial fishery to traps or perhaps reefnets.


So, do we give each NI commercial fisherperson a couple traps with thier name and license number stamped on the traps ? Or, maybe a reef net or two in trade for their boats, gear, gas, moorage, and fishing permits. Will they own the trap locations, or do they draw traps and locations from a fishbowl for fairness in trade? Maybe site leasing from the state or tribes?

Yup, I think it’s a possibility.