RAVEN EXPLAINS FISH WEIRS

Bruce:
I know it goes on and on so much to know. It seems the more I know the more I do not know.

A weir is a trap that is placed across the river in an area where there is an abundant return of salmon that are trying to get to the spawning area. The fish are trapped in the weir, the roe IE eggs is harvested sometimes and sold to the Asian population and a fortune can be made in egg sales. The rest of the fish are killed and deposed of. So in essence they are trapping the salmon on the way to spawning and destroying any chance of salmon recovery. I am going to try and get my grandson to do a piece on the life of the salmon what these fish go through the predators they avoid to get to spawning grounds only to be trapped by fish and wild life and killed.

A clipped fish is a hatchery fish they are drudged when they are (baby fish) the fin is clipped to mark them as hatchery fish. However, once a fish spawns and the eggs hatch in gravel which is the normal spawning ground these hatched fish are now wild fish. By killing all of the hatchery fish and some of the wild ones it keeps the fish from spawning thus keeps the salmon on the endangered list. It is not about salmon recovery it is about grants for salmon recovery people are unaware that these fish are being killed by the millions by fish and wildlife and NGO's it is insanity as Poul said. I am sure if you have salmon or any endangered fish in your area you also have weirs. There is one on every river the one on the Naselle keeps getting removed by "someone" the one they are setting on the Grays will have a 24 hour patrol officer to assure the trapping and killing of spawning salmon is accomplished. That is your tax dollars at work keeping salmon on the endangered list is one of the ways NGO's receive huge grants it is also how property rights are being taken.

We care about what happens to fish, the eco-system, the rivers, and the land. This is why we want these environmental do-good exposed as to who and what they are and are really doing and it is far from good. The truth is they are not caring for the earth but destroying it.

Raven