Help the Troubled Credit River

[CRAA]

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/restore-fish-to-the-credit-river

Please take 30 seconds to sign the petition to save the Credit River fishery, which is dwindling quickly. With no access to the river due to closed fish ladders, fish cant reach spawning water and with no reproduction, there will soon be no fish.

If you fish the river or the lake, it affects you one way or the other. And after all, its your tax dollars going to support a failing fisheries management plan, thanks to the MNR. Look east and every river is stacked with wild salmon because they have access to water in which they can reproduce, but not the Credit..

Thanks.

 

[ChromeAddict]

Signed. Thanks for posting.

 

[FishChaser67]

Done ...

 

[cork]

Done, I hope all you guys sign it whether you fish there or not.

 

[Shmogley]

having watched and trying to help the dwindling returns every year im glad someone else is trying to do something about.

signed

 

[CRAA]

Thanks for signing guys!

 

[getin]

done

 

[AaronKrick]

Done. When is the salmon lift @ streetsville or have I missed it?

 

[float^drifter]

Done. When is the salmon lift @ streetsville or have I missed it?

ladders are closed no salmon can make it above streetsville. MNR closed it last week just when the first run came in :roll: seems like they are trying to ruin the credit fishery as its already on collapse.

 

[wschinke]

done

 

[CraigsonJ]

Done n shared on FB

 

[Aqua]

Done ...

 

[AaronKrick]

ladders are closed no salmon can make it above streetsville. MNR closed it last week just when the first run came in :roll: seems like they are trying to ruin the credit fishery as its already on collapse.

Didn't they grab the salmon and get the eggs for the hatchery? I'm aware they didn't actually lift :?

 

[Fishheads]

Signed.

 

[fishermandan420]

Lol they don't lift salmon at streetsville. They slaughter them for eggs

 

[CRAA]

The ladder was closed as of this past Monday and will remain closed until the Coho eggs are collected, which took until November 22nd of last year if memory serves correctly.

And in doing so, almost effectively ruined the entire fall run for Steelhead and Brown Trout. And sadly salmon can't even get to Norval with the closed ladder, wasting almost 30km of unused river.

The MNR could go east and get their egg quotas in one day on some of those eastern tribs, without affecting those creeks, yet they choose to shut down the largest tributary on the north shore, for up to 2 months (closer to 3 last fall)...


Egg collection at Streetsville takes place next week I believe.

Thanks for signing guys.

 

[CRAA]

And after all, its our tax dollars that are going towards the unsuccessful management plan that currently puts Atlantic Salmon first while restricting river access to many other species, all of which once thrived in the Credit, not too long ago and undoubtably is the reason for poor fish returns and poor fishing.

lastly, I might add, a grand total of 2 Atlantic Salmon have now been lifted over the Streetsville ladder in 2015...

 

[NADO]

This is about more than out personal enjoyment in regards to catching lots of salmon and steelhead, or the good ol' "think about the economy" argument to support the salmon and steelhead. To me this is not about our enjoyment or money, its about bringing a native species back. The state of the fishery has been blown way out of proportion, yes the numbers are down but it is still a healthy fishery. There are small feeder streams below these dams that get stacked with spawning salmon and steelhead and I have had good success fishing the lower Credit for both species over the past few years.

To me the Atlantic Salmon project is a very important one and when I read between the lines on this petition I read that the Atlantic Salmon project needs to be dropped and attention needs to shift back to Pacific Salmon and Steelhead. This is about the environment, not the economy or our recreational preferences.

 

[rick james]

I have fished the Credit for the last 25 years plus and in my experience the last few seasons have been relatively slow for steelhead and salmon. How long is the ministry going to continue 'beating a dead horse' with this Atlantic salmon project? The definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Why not stock species that are successful in this day and age i.e. Steelhead and pacific salmon? This will bring more fish, more anglers, more money and economic growth, it's common sense. Maybe Atlantic salmon once thrived in a different historical climate and environment but species adapt to their environment or die, obviously the current Credit river environment is not conducive to Altantic salmon survival, it's time the ministry adapts and invests our tax dollars wisely or risk a slow death to the Credit river fishery.

 

[Shmogley]

NADO hit it right on the head really.

it is not about our personal enjoyment or the economy and more to do with the environment. its all about them Atlantics. like said, read between the lines.
its still a great fishery though. i fish the river almost every day. the salmon come in thick after a rain and the steel-heading is consistent all winter long. theres even the fabled credit river smallmouth in the summer. no doubt about any of that. but to say the runs haven't drastically declined from years ago. sure doesnt seem that way to me and i'm keeping in mind that other rivers i frequent do not have the same kind of diminished runs despite having more pressure and worse environments.

the rapidly urbanizing areas that most of the credits tribs lie on feed increasingly warmer waters every year. thats whats really stopping the Atlantics from becoming a healthy reality in the credit more then anything else. theres just not a lot of good real-estate for spawning left and every year its getting worse.

seems they've taken the stance of removing competitor species instead, to free up the available spawning waters for more favorable species
if they had the right answers, the problem would be solved already. its still very much a work in progress

its kind of like dumping your girlfriend hoping that your hotter ex will come back

jokes aside, i just hope that the choices made dont remove one species to get no returns on another.
im in belief that that all species can co-exist relatively well given more water access and more active management.