Nets? What nets? Nets are not listed as legal gear for the Muckleshoot fishery on the White (Stuck) River this summer. The Tribe is authorized to take up to 82 chinook for ceremonial and personal use by hook and line and a traditional "fish drive." This is understood as dip nets or spear fishing by the state and federal agencies that agreed with it.

The White River does not have a significant summer steelhead run, and no one interested in actually catching fish would likely be targeting them. The chinook run is just getting under way; a few have been passed into the upper river, and the hatchery has taken a couple marked adults for its broodstock. BTW, the hatchery raises chinook, no steelhead. The hatchery is operated and funded by the Muckleshoot Tribe.

The information given to Curt about nets going in may have been accurate, but that doesn't make the proposed action legal.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.