it truly doesn't matter to me WHO is putting in & pulling out the nets, the fact is, with nets in the water, less (alot less) fish make it home to make baby fish

plus, our state economy would be much better off if, we made this state all it could be & it could easily be the "anadromous fish capitol of the world" we have the technology & most importantly WE HAVE THE WATER! Of course, more = more pressure but, I believe it would be worth it

the holocaust we are experiencing now is the tragic waste of all of this water, an ecomist would call it "economic rent" that is essentially the difference (a loss, of course) in what you are making now vs. what you would be making if you utilized your resources to their optimum, conservativelly, considering the last calc. by state said fishing brought 4 billion to the economy, the economic rent on all this wasted water is in the billions .......

finally, doesn't it suck seeing, standing by, and/or floating on all this crisp clean rushing water, knowing there's little out there in front of or under you BUT WATER??? & the icky feeling inside from knowng it doesn't HAVE TO be that way?????