Perhaps if all fishers were scrutinized and controlled by the same enforcement we'd also be better off. Tribes "self-police"....I am doing some research right now on the apalling Geoduck harvest imbalance. The rigorous rules non-treaty commercial harvesters undergo is good for the resource until you realize what is going on with the tribes who supposedly police themselves. Unbelieveable! Same goes for the nets. If the tribes string their nets in Grays Harbor this fall I will know it is time for another war. That run of Chinook is NOT of hatchery origin and is weak. The fishery is closed to sports fishers....Let's just see if the nets go in. If they do all I can say is that all the hatchery reform in the friggin world will not do much to mitigate the damage the nets cause.
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