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Originally posted by sinker:
Illegal practices by white fishermen are a HUGE problem as well. One of the biggest offenders ever was a white guy in Tacoma. Didn't have a commercial license at all and yet shipped thousands of tons of the stuff to Canada.
Oh so very true Great CornHolio! BUT.........

Those "white" fisherman, as you refer to them, can go to jail for a very long time for that....

I have sat in on numerous tribal fishing infraction trials where the violations were horribly blatant, and as soon as the treaty was waved around the room by the fancy lawyer the charges were dropped, or reverted back to tribal court where nothing was done. Do some reading up on the Yakima tribe SoHappy family for some interesting reading.....

Have had more than one game warden aquaintance of mine say they were going to stop ticketing and enforcing on tribal members (off reservation) because "It's just not worth my time or that taxpayers money"...
Abuse of resources is so wrong, no matter where you are from or who you are....

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