Originally Posted By: stlhdr1
So one question I had....

The states are in the mode of "TESTING" the selective gear.

What happens if they find the selective gear to not be effective enough at removing hatchery fish. In other words, what happens if the selective tactics aren't successful enough?

Do they stick with gillnets?

Keith


The feds factor the gill net at 40% mortality rate on released fish.

If this years numbers comes close to last years on commercial selective gear tested, there is no reason to believe gill nets are needed let alone accepted by the fishing community. Along with the gill net 40% mortality rate is also the by catch factor.

Then there is new selective gear not tested last year in which I'm interested what mortality rate they come in at when tested this year.


Edited by Lucky Louie (08/18/10 03:53 PM)
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