Policy Implications: Allowing this kind of thinking to dominate fisheries management spells the end of our wild salmon. Under 'risk averse' management which was supposed to be official DFO policy following the John Fraser inquiry, high river temperatures should mean that more, not less fish should be allowed to reach the spawning grounds. Even if some of the salmon do die before spawning, they will form part of a natural cycle where they will feed birds and mammals and enrich the streams for future generations of salmon and trout, as they have done for millennia. The decision makers know that the Quesnel [Horsefly] runs is highly susceptible to pre-spawning mortality, but the decision to "fish them out" can only hurt the many smaller early runs such as fragile Seymour, Scotch, Anstey, and Eagle ('Early Summer') and Late Stuart, and Stellako ('Summer') sockeye. Rebuilding, already put back by overfishing in 1994 will now be brought to a standstill."--David Ellis IN Dave's fishery reportdavidellis@lightspeed.bc.ca.