[Wild&Free]

Originally Posted by KN12313

No sure if this what subsitance fishing looks like, but it looked to me (imho) more like commercial fishing and if this is commercial fishing, why are they allowed to rape lakes. As recreational fisherpeople, we send ten time as much money as commercial enterprises, there are 10000 times as many rec. fishers as there are comm fishers, we support more working people. Commercial fishing this needs to stop, and put limits on subsitance fishing.

Sorry just my rant.

Fish and meats were used for trade by natives for other sustenance items. Which is why some bands in BC can legally sell salmon to non natives. Also, a commercial fisherman pays more in tax on the fish he brings in and sells in a year then you spend on licenses in your lifetime. While Commercial fishing isn't a big part of our economy it is still a part of our economy and it should be practice in sustainable ways. However we live in an infinite growth paradigm within our economy. Sustainability doesn't mesh well with infinite growth.

Netting Utikima isn't nearly as bad as the fellows who have permits to net lakes for walleye that are under the tag system. There was a post earlier this winter about a guy in an SRD office getting a permit to net Pigeon Lake.