Alaskan Harvesters are Killing Endangered Steelhead

Greg, our Executive Director explains why the mortality rate of bycaught steelhead and salmon in Southest Alaskan fishiers is so high, and how they're crushed to death in the huge nets and routinely don't survive.
This video is a clip from our webinar that we held on April 17, 2024 - “An Update on Alaskan Interceptions of B.C. Salmon and Steelhead.” A recording of the full webinar is available.

[@user-dt9ge3hz4s]

This has been happening for years. Wonder why they are nearly extinct here in the Northwest.

[@peteredwards8737]

Net fisheries are the problem, everywhere.

[@andrewwood4013]

Point the finger at the bogeyman. B.C. has plenty of gill nets spread throughout the province. Resource extraction is the next big issue, no drainage is safe. Next is the guide industry, there’s two jetboat guides on every beat. Certainly, the global commercial fleet is ransacking the ocean. It’s a wonder anything is left. Anyway, if the Alaskan fishing fleet was the primary reason for steelhead decline on the Skeena, why is the Dean unaffected?