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‘Heartbreaking’: Cowichan salmon advocate wants children’s fishing nets treated differently

Crandall says more than 1,000 children’s nets are sold each year and warns they can kill fry unless buyers are given salvage licence forms.

Lake Cowichan’s Bob Crandall has spent years helping to protect the fish populations in the Cowichan watershed. Now, the president of the Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society and Hatchery says he is becoming increasingly troubled by a seemingly harmless summertime activity: children catching small fish with butterfly nets repurposed as fish nets. Crandall wants shop owners selling the nets to provide buyers with an application for a Depart…

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Ladysmith Chronicle broke the news in Ladysmith, Canada on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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