Referring to possible future changes to fish conservation law, Ms Ni Chuilin said, "it isn't just catch and release, it may involve not catching salmon at all".
The Center for Copyright Information, which created the alert system, is responsible for producing the methods that companies will be allowed to use to catch pirates, but it said Tuesday it won't release those details publicly.
Her recent big-budget films, like The Kingdom and Catch and Release, have underperformed at the box office so badly that even her low salary couldn't offer a good return on investment.