Willapa Bay...…..Lot's of the above discussion/comments have to do with areas/river systems that have to do with co-management, WDFW and Tribal, closed meetings, tribal muscle used in negotiations.
Willapa is a classic of a policy gone wrong, wrong, wrong. Is there a fix????? Well "feed the Orca" might speed up the process.....Forks Ck. hatchery, Willapa River, will increase Chinook production "to increase food for the Orca.
I predict that there will be a fight for the "right to fish" for these returning fish.....Off coast toll fisheries, charter fisheries, sport fishing, NT gill net, tribal fishing will all have their hand out "for their share".
MSY, Maximum Sustainable Yield, needs to be put on hold for 2-3 cycles. What has been going on, MSY, is not working, time to go to Plan B.
WDFW seems to forget who they work for, taxpayers, takes PDR's to get information that should be given by a simple request. PDR's have cost WDFW big dollars over the years because they(WDFW) didn't feel or want the general public to know how the decisions were/are being made....shame on WDFW.
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