Blank walker

What good does it do to let an "over escapement" of wild fish return to a river system, if that river system itself can not carry or support surplus juveniles (I already understand the biomass thing)? Don't you believe that every river system has its own carrying capacity?

Redd on top redd, isn't good for natural production, don't you agree? So if a stream or river system can only support x amount of juveniles or smolts, why would you want to overstress or overpopulate the carrying capacity of that system?

Most wild steelhead smolts or yearlings reside in their stream of origin for more then 1 year before they migrating to sea, so when do you think enough is enough? Stream surveys that are made by professional persons who have been trained in that field can pretty well tell us what the carrying capacity is for that system.

So do the CNR fishermen think that more is always better? I known and feel their emotion for CNR, but where is the science that says harvest and CNR can't coexist?

Cowlitzfisherman

Is the taste of the bait worth the sting of the hook????


[ 08-17-2001: Message edited by: cowlitzfisherman ]