Originally Posted By: Lucky Louie


That's why they are testing commercial selective gear to bring the 40% mortality rate down of gill nets. Trying to help eliminate some of the waste of drop out and by catch along the way as well, while trying to keep hatchery off spawning beds.



i still have not read where they are giving up on gillnets and making them illegal, have you ?, infact, it looks like they want to have a study done on net drop out by the year 2050

http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00036/draft_framework_20090131.pdf

Pre-season and post-season estimates of fishery-related
mortalities are accurate and complete for all stocks in all
fisheries, accounting for:
- landed catch
- by-catch (discard mortality)
- catch and release
- net drop out
- selective fisheries