Skeena River Floating Fish Trap Operations 2025
EDITORS NOTE: Bob Hooton is a retired steelhead biologist who worked for the B.C. Environment Ministry for 37 years. He is not funded by any […]
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Is anyone paying attention – by Bob Hooton
EDITORS NOTE: Bob Hooton is a retired steelhead biologist who worked for the B.C. Environment Ministry for 37 years. He is not funded by any […]
Letter to DFO: Unjustified Commercial Gill Net Extensions Threaten Skeena Steelhead
Original article To Honourable Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries Subject: Area 4 Commercial Sockeye harvest shutdown required to avert critical impacts to steelhead and other […]
Posted on Facebook, April 26, 2025, by R. S. Hooton
Posted on Facebook, April 26, 2025, by R. S. Hooton Over the past year I have authored several social media pieces concerning a serious misappropriation […]
British Columbia steelhead “management” scenario is becoming increasingly mired. – A message from Bob Hooton
(Above Photo) Chasity Daniels newly elected chief FN of Gitwangak with a casualty of the gill nets on the Skeena River (Aug 2025) EDITORS NOTE: […]
Politics not science is robbing Canadians of their right to catch Chinook Salmon
Be aware, that the (DFO) Department of Fisheries and Oceans are in cahoots with SkeenaWild, Wild Salmon Center, removing non aboriginal rights to fish Chinook […]
Stolen Rights – The End of Chinook Salmon Fishing for non aboriginal Canadians.
Less than a half dozen years ago, the citizens of BC could fish for “spring salmon” also known as Chinook or king salmon. A few […]
Illegal Gitxsan Ban on Fishing
We wish to make it abundantly clear the Gitxsan putting out this notice have ZERO authority to enforce it. The only lands they have jurisdiction […]
Ice Off Report – April 28th 2025
We can confirm a that local lakes like Ross Lake and Seeley Lake in Hazelton are free of ice, Taltzen Lake and Kitseguecla Lake are […]
Taltzen Lake
Please note, clean up what you bring in and take it out with you, this is a user maintained site. The image above shows the […]