Seining the mouth of bear creek would solve the red problem on the kasilof.
Originally posted by tks:
When I first read this I'm thinking even as a paying client C&R 8-10 kings in a day would be awesome, hitting 25-30 in a day? Who are the greedy ones? And if you are catching that many is it possible the escapement goals whatever they are have been met? As a person who participated in the only in the Kenai mouth drift fishery in 88 when nearly 8 million Kenai sockeye returned I did see the impact on those big kings. I also believe the overescapement of reds in 87,88,89 and 92 was a major factor in the declining runs of the mid to late 90's. That's the problem how do you harvest excess fish without impacting other stocks? Not having been there for a few years what I don't understand is the 6,000,000 plants. When did that start? I was always under the understanding the Kasilof was primarily a wild red run. It's also funny how it was said the Fish and Game are conspiring with the commercial fleet. That's what the fleet has always said about the sport fisherman. What a circus that EO must be.
Alot of that also had to do with poor ocean conditions that affected salmon runs all up and down the west coast and alaska. Elnino years were very hard on salmon.
Slug,
It is a known fact that the ADF&G biologists are pro commercial fishing, but they are behind the times. Commercial fisheries are on the decline and on their way to being subsidized in the cook inlet. Where as tourism keeps increasing and more and more money keeps flowing into the economy from outside, but because of the local culture doesn't realize the value of them and still hangs on to their commercial fishing roots thats where alot of the problems come from. Expect this battle to come to head as time progresses.
TRBO,
I drive by your house every morning on my way to work I am working on that subdivision just down the street throught the corner.
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