WDFW is saying they don't have a way to know if any coho are coming in without tribal gillnets. WTF? All of the years of changing faces, biology, promotions, science, new trucks and boats, no drug testing, and they can't tell if the fish are coming without tribal gill nets? How about buying a F'ing gillnet then? 20 years later, "we don't have a model for that", "we don't know if fish are coming without a tribal gillnet", it's as bad a politicians. "I'm not going to raise taxes"...gets elected, raises taxes. FFS, it is your job! No one wants to pay you to make excuses. The tribe isn't going back in even if the fish are everywhere. Once they pull out like they did it's all about federal fishery disaster assistance, or a great big welfare check!
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Propping up an obsolete fishing industry at the expense of sound fisheries management is irresponsible. -Sg