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In response to "Washington state halts salmon farm permits after fish escape" by crash davis

So we can get paid to go catch them? -- nm

Posted by zork Aug 27 '17, 10:25

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"Anglers are being urged to catch as many of the escaped salmon as possible." :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 27, 10:28 5
- "He said the company must stop additional escapes, recover escaped fish and compensate those working to capture the escaped fish." -- nm - zork Aug 27, 10:31 3
  - I assumed (shouldn't assume, I know) that meant state DFW personnel -- nm - crash davis Aug 27, 10:33 2
    - There ought to be a bounty -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 10:40
    - Dammit -- nm - zork Aug 27, 10:36
- I'm considering going out today to try, but I don't think they'd be this far north yet -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 10:29
not yet, but they've removed all catch limits. That is why I said when it happened that if I still lived there, I'd make Bery go fishing with me. - crash davis Aug 27, 10:28 12
- Funnily enough, Atlantic salmon is basically extinct in Lake Ontario and if you catch one you are required to release it. It's Pacifics that you can t -- nm - zork Aug 27, 11:03 2
  - ... can take -- nm - zork Aug 27, 11:05 1
    - because everyone wants Atlantic but can't have it. -- nm - Beaker Aug 27, 11:26
- How do you tell if the one you catch is farm raised? Is this a seasonal thing? -- nm - Meg Aug 27, 10:31 7
  - just like racial profiling, salmon speices have different head shapes, body characteristics, color diff. also farm fish should have a fin notched - zeitgeist Aug 27, 12:17
  - I'm guessing (haven'r researched it) that there are some specific tells on Atlantic vs Pacific salmon -- nm - crash davis Aug 27, 10:32 4
    - Ah, I guess to me salmon is a slab of pink fish :) -- nm - Meg Aug 27, 10:53 1
      - ;-) -- nm - zork Aug 27, 11:00
    - Yes. Also, did you know that rainbow trout are actually in the salmon family -- nm - zork Aug 27, 10:35 1
      - oh yeah, I have arguments semi-regularly with a bass lover over trout and salmon -- nm - crash davis Aug 27, 10:36
  - They are Atlantics -- nm - zork Aug 27, 10:32
- *nods*nods -- nm - zork Aug 27, 10:29

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