Originally Posted By: eyeFISH
Originally Posted By: Soft bite
However, Commissioner Kehoe proposed an amendment to suspend paragraph 6 for 2019 and it passed. This paragraph limits exploitation to 14% and limits commercial fishing in 2T and 2U until after Sept 16. Public input from recs was mostly reasons to stick with 14% exploitation plus pay back for prior over harvest.


The intent here, as presented and discussed at the commission meeting was to basically freeze the policy at the 2018 stage, and suspend the provisions in the final stage of transition to full implementation in 2019.

But they made it even worse. Instead of just "freezing" the policy, Kehoe's amendment has now been interpreted to mean STRIKING all the dates that constrain gillnets..... not just leaving them at 2018 status. They no longer have to wait until Sept 16 in 2T/U, or Sept 7 in 2M/N. They don't have to wait at all! Gillnets in August would be totally fine. J F C..... GDITMMM!


This Kehoe? Fox watching the hen house.....

Robert “Bob” Kehoe, Seattle
(At-Large position, King County)
Occupation: Executive Director, Purse Seine Vessel Owners’ Assoc.
Current Term: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2020

Robert “Bob” Kehoe was appointed to the Commission by Governor Inslee in July 2013. Bob is the Executive Director of the Purse Seine Vessel Owners Association (PSVOA), a commercial fishing trade organization based in Seattle. Prior to becoming PSVOA’s Executive Director in 2009, Bob served as PSVOA’s General Counsel beginning in 1997. He is a member of the Washington and Alaska Bar, and has practiced maritime law for more than 20 years.

Since 2001, Bob has been involved in the Pacific Salmon Commission process as the U.S. Industry Representative on the Fraser Panel. Bob also served as a Washington Advisor to the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission from 2004 to 2008.

Bob received his JD from the University of Denver School Law, and an MS in Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Before attending law school, Bob worked as a research scientist at the SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine.

Bob lives in the Seattle Ballard neighborhood with his wife Deb and has two daughters