Native Pride,

Thanks for your responses, they have been very informative. I don't fish the green much, but I am sure that everything is monitored like you say.

My experience is with some of the rivers I fish. THey are smaller rivers and I feel that the smaller rivers don't fall under the same regulated eye as do the larger rivers. Two of the some of the smaller rivers I fish are the Sekiu and the hoko. I have watched the constant(secretive) netting that occurs on these rivers. Take for example the numbers posted here. http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/fish/harvest/98-99/99shs-e.htm

According to these numbers the makahs only netted the hoko, in december. WHich is untrue, THey also netted parts of january, february and march. Also reported, was there was no harvest of steelhead in the sekiu. This is also untrue, because I saw the nets, and fish that were caught in them. The nets were placed out of sight up river a ways. I have this information recorded in my fishing logs for the season 98/99. Also, if you don't believe me take a drive to these rivers. Go up the sekiu a ways, or talk to the locals and they will point you in the direction of the nets. The sekiu river is really sufferring, from the netting.

It is these nettings that infuriate me. The smaller rivers are being hurt real bad, and can't take the netting pressure that is subjected upon them. Everyone just shrugs their shoulders when these smaller river don't make escapement. I feel native americans have a right to fish. But i don't think that all numbers are posted as accurately, as are on the green.




[This message has been edited by KORE (edited 02-13-2001).]