8000 Salmon In One Day? - Klamath

[Troutsource]

According to Steve Townzen on 9/6:

"Reports from the mouth of the Klamath are, "its silly with fish", the Yurok tribe reported catching 8 thousand fish in one day last week.

Is this normal or does it indicate a great salmon season?

Also, I just found this article about "toxic algae in the Klamath."

"It hasn't resulted in a fish kill. We are concerned, but right now they are holding their own," Creager said of the spawning salmon.

[Frank Alessio]

Disgusting.....

[winxp_man]

Disgusting.....

+1


I wonder were the fish go?

[Darian]

Unless things have changed, the take of Salmon by Native Americans is regulated by the feds/state under the "Boldt decision" which gave them the right to net half of all available Salmon returning to rivers on reservation land in any given year (Boldt was the presiding federal court judge at the time).

So, as long as netting doesn't exceed the quota assigned for a given year, based on estimates of the number of all Salmon returning to the Klamath, it's legal and has been going on that way since the decision in the late 70's or early 80's (?).

I'm not sure what to say to the question, "I wonder were the fish go?

ps: It seems to me that having a large number of fish confined in close quarters in an estuary with toxic algae is formula for disaster.

[Frank Alessio]

Gotta hate that Algae....

[winxp_man]

Just agreeing with Frank that's all Darian........

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I guess they are still planning on taking down several dams on the Klamath River?

That should cure the algae problem.

The wild salmon compared to farm raised fish are getting a higher price now so those native Americans are getting good money for their fish.

[dpentoney]

Anyone buying salmon netted in the Klamath River is not getting a good deal. Those fish take on a muddy taste soon after they enter the river. Those fish aren't nearly as good as fish from other North Coast rivers.

[Jake O]

1/2 of the total projected run just seems obsurd. This year the yurok tribe is allowed to harvest 105,000. To put this number in prospective, the ENTIRE california commercial salmon fishing industry boated approximately 175,000 chinook this season. I'm all for the Indians being allowed to fish with Gill nets, and catch a bunch, but the numbers are just obsurd....if they are allowed to harvest 1/2 of the run, and they actually do, and you assume that another 1/4 are lost to predation, natural causes, fisherman, etc., how can 1/4 of the returning run support itself?

Once again, all for indian rights, but certainly wish the quota numbers would be revisted.

[Rockman]

I agree, the nets are so abundant, it is hard to imagine how good the fishing would be if the quota's were reduced. In response to "muddy tasteing". I can not agree with that statement. I have eaten so many salmon from that river, and every one of them was great! I hope someday that the quota's will be reduced for the indians, which will benefit the entire river system.