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tylerdurden · 06-13-2008, 03:08 PM

Just tried to read through all the internet BS going around in that post. I wonder if the "hundreds of fish" is kind of like the post of "hundreds of kayakers" at catapolooza. Internet hyperbole maybe? Nothing like a small part of a broader story to get the peanut gallery riled up and ready for a tar and feather session before the real facts and whole story is brought out and confirmed.

The hatchery guys gillnet to collect wsb. They told me that on the tour last year. They gillnet locally too. They try and recover wsb, especially ones with tags so they can tell where they've been. The marine biology programs do it for fish population studies too. Doesn't seem like a problem to me as long as they don't overdo it. If they were overdoing it, then yeah, complain, send emails, contact WON, Fishrap and all that.

Someone stated in the thread that fish caught for research purposes can't be used for other purposes according to the permit. Don't know if this is true or not, but it makes sense that they shouldn't be able to profit from the killing or taking of samples. Giving the fish to charitable causes would be a good median I believe.

06-13-2008, 03:08 PM	#9
tylerdurden Bad Clone Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 874	Just tried to read through all the internet BS going around in that post. I wonder if the "hundreds of fish" is kind of like the post of "hundreds of kayakers" at catapolooza. Internet hyperbole maybe? Nothing like a small part of a broader story to get the peanut gallery riled up and ready for a tar and feather session before the real facts and whole story is brought out and confirmed. The hatchery guys gillnet to collect wsb. They told me that on the tour last year. They gillnet locally too. They try and recover wsb, especially ones with tags so they can tell where they've been. The marine biology programs do it for fish population studies too. Doesn't seem like a problem to me as long as they don't overdo it. If they were overdoing it, then yeah, complain, send emails, contact WON, Fishrap and all that. Someone stated in the thread that fish caught for research purposes can't be used for other purposes according to the permit. Don't know if this is true or not, but it makes sense that they shouldn't be able to profit from the killing or taking of samples. Giving the fish to charitable causes would be a good median I believe. __________________ MLPA, if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem Let the Fish and Game Commission know what you think about the proposed maps. Be ready for December 9th and 10th.