Future of genetically-modified salmon in doubt

CBSNews.com ^ | December 4, 2012 | AP

[Justa]

They’re government councils created by the 1976 Magnasun-Stevens act.

http://www.fisherycouncils.org/USFMCsections/USRFMCintro.pdf

The Councils are currently funded within the National Marine Fisheries Service budget from various line items at a level averaging less than $25 million, divided among all the Councils. Based on a comprehensive analysis of funding needed to meet the basic requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and other laws, as well as new requirements set forth by the recent Magnuson-Stevens Act reathorization, the regional Councils would require funding in the order of $40 million per year. In comparison to the $185 billion in economic activity generated from fisheries each year, funding for the Councils is a small investment to ensure healthy oceans and fisheries for future generations.

[Eska]

We live on the Yukon 4 miles from border with Canada. Have watched the runs go down, down since I've been here. Govt always screws up with the predictions. Me thinks it's all for the off shore fishing industry. They get everything, by catch is huge. Pretty bad when the by catch they report in open ocean is way bigger than what in river fisherman take for subsistence, commercial, and sport fishing. They always at last minute, when in river fisherman are waiting on the run to begin; announce massive cut backs in hours fishing will be open. I know the runs are going down, but why is it always expected the subsistence fisherman who live off the salmon are the people to take the hit, its corruption plain and simple and sad thing is mostly Repubs in charge.

Over last few years, they have changed net mesh size to let the bigger fish (most desirable for strips and food) to get through into Canada. They have also shortened seasons, couple days at a time rather than a few weeks. They don't want people getting the first pulse, best fish, just on and on. Funny thing is, most the people on the local advisory group have fishwheels and they are not limited except by open/closed days; they get what they need. So it's ok to them to change mesh sizes, doesn't affect them. But then they often let people without wheels tend their wheels after they got enough, 2-3 thou salmon; but I wonder how long until they never get enough. Actually , I wonder when they will tell people to just shoot their dogs and go hungry while they permit foreign fleets to get everything in open ocean? People won't starve, they'll ignore the rules if they must.

I remember when we'd get 10-20 kings a night in net, lucky now to get 2, just more work to get the 10-20,few hundred or thousand if you feed dogs. I have seen log books from late 40's, they'd get 500 kings a night in a fishwheel. Never see those days ever again.

Personally, I get 5-6 kings in freezer and concentrate on burbot with my trot lines; since I got rid of my dog team.

We live rural, and our road is closed, don't get too involved with anything, figure the corruption is too pervasive; more money will get whatever the fleets want anyway. When the runs disappear, the fleets will go away; this also happened 100 years back with nets across entire streams.

[GladesGuru]

Down in the “Swamp of Socialism” the faulty premises have been acted out on such a grand scale for so long, with such disastrous consequences, that the invalid conclusions are impossible to not see - unless one is willfully not seeing.

“In the Valley of the Blind, the One Eyed Man is King”.

I am glad you liked the observations, and thanks for the complement.

[muawiyah]

The funniest thing about salmon is there’s no bad salmon. It’s all good.