My concern over this is:

With it being certain that the commercial fishing indudtry will use this recent scenario as leverage to demand that the netting seasons be moved further into the late March thru April peak movement of the lower Col. springer run, that the pro-commercial supporters within the departments could bow to that request - causing much more interuption of the peak of the sportfishing season for us.

There needs to be another anti-netting initiative on the Oregon and/or Washington ballots! Run a better campaign than the failed I-696 a few years ago. A lot was learned from that failure. NSIA, stand up and help us bring another intitiative. RFA and WSC, be there to help out. All of you be there to sign initiative petitions, AND send some monetary support to the initiative groups and campaign headquarters this time!!! Send some letters to the FWD commissions and to state legislators. Take some video of suffering fish stuck in commercial nets. Just be careful that PETA doesn't get ahold of some underwater filming of fighting sport hooked fish. Lots to think about, discuss, and act upon soon.