Had the recreational fishery been allowed to fish in the red zone, with a strict non-retention of coho rule that is, if you caught a coho you had to let it go and, as Mr. Bird said earlier, their survival rates are generally very high the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has estimated that the number of Thompson-origin coho that would have died through catch-and-release mortality is between 7 fish and 15 fish per year.
Si l'on avait permis la pêche sportive dans cette zone rouge tout en imposant la règle remise à l'eau du coho comme l'a dit M. Bird, son taux de survie est généralement très élevé d'après le ministère des Pêches et des Océans, entre 7 et 15 cohos de la rivière Thompson seraient morts chaque année.