Instead of wait for the end of NOF, come on down and help support the closure of the net zone! As all of you are aware politics run the WDFW more so than science. This is why you should help out and go down and also write your legislatures. This what they are for. Tell your senators you want them to start using the best available science to be the factor in determining closures and season setting. BC's fishery has rebounded tremendously when shutting the nets down on the non tribal-commercials. They also try to use science as there edge. Something we only talk about. There are people in the WDFW that are still heavily into commecial netting and will not give up. Will Roehl for one. There was a WDFW commision set up for the recreational and guess who is running it. You guessed it Will Roehl. Van Gytenbeek was a commissioner we thought would be on our side, but has now turned and Kelly White is fed up with it . He wants to give up his seat because it is not working and is going to sway in favor of the commercials. The other newer ones follow the leader. Tell your senators you want a recreational fisherman on the seat and we have a person in mind right now, depending on what White does. Why is all of the power in WDFW all end up being excommercials?
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Join the Puget Sound Anglers Sno-King Chapter. Meets second Thursday of every month at the SCS Center, 220 Railroad Ave. Edmonds, WA 98020 at 6:30pm Two buildings south of the Edmonds Ferry on the beach.