Fishing and the Ultimate Karen Attack: Canada Salmon

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The Issue:

Unfair and Biased Attack on Alaska Salmon Fisheries, Special Interest Hit Piece: Press Release, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

 I just read an article involving the ADFG defending itself against a "self interest group" seeking to defame the state of Alaska for violating the Pacific Salmon Treaty.  I'm all for defending nature, but that only goes so far.  This is a bit out of hand.

The long and short is Alaska has regulations in place, and as someone who has to jump through hoops to follow the basic regulations to catch a Salmon with rod-and-reel, I can respect that.  Millions of Salmon come through these rivers between June and August.  

Alaska maintains a count, they publish their conservation findings, and set limits on how much and by what method you can catch Salmon during those times.  They monitor Salmon populations and maintain transparency with their data through their website.


Here is the treaty in a nutshell:

The Pacific Salmon Treaty | Pacific Salmon Commission (psc.org)


The Argument:

I also found these article, written this week (January, week 2, 2022), which I could be mistaken, but presume this is what spurred the ADFG press release.

Treaty failing to protect North Coast, B.C. salmon from Alaskan commercial fisheries: report (iheartradio.ca)

Alaskan commercial fishery ‘plundering’ threatened B.C. salmon – Yukon News (yukon-news.com)


The area in question is the southern most tip of Alaska where the handle meets Canada.  Here is a Google Map Spot:  nass river - Google Maps


After reading the arguments from the Canada side of things, analyzing the maps, looking at the Salmon counts recorded by ADFG, and applying a bit of big brain, this sounds like a "first come, first served, quit your whining" type of mentality.  


My opinion:  

Canada should stop being a Karen and set a regulation on how much fishers can catch, govern said fishers and demand counts, and then let their fishers go fish.  Instead, they have their fishers shored up for the "conservation of the fishery."  When I google search "Nass River Salmon Regulations" i don't find counts, I don't find any transparency from B.C. regarding fish counts or similar open source data, or anything.   

In short, if they don't wanna fish, then it's their loss.  After a quick google search, I find nothing stopping Canadian fishers from going to the same spot Alaskan fishers are going to catch the fish.  

So long as the Alaskan fishers follow regs that are within the ADFG guidelines, which i'd imagine they do or there would be more articles than just two, then I see no problem.  


A fisherman not fishing sitting on the shore is a fisherman not catching fish.




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