Hey grampa2, FYO, the Alyeska, Misty Dawm, and the other big draggers In that one port may be crewed by Makahs, but owned and financed by who?
Knock off the Indian bashing.
Try looking elswere to place the blame for the same bycatch that I have seen with my own eyes too.
You make some good points, but if those nets bother you, than lobby against the powers that be, who allow the rape of our ground fisheries off our coast with those very nets. Not the american citizens who do their job for the man, make a paycheck, feed and house their families, and likely live under the poverty line.
Remember that commercial and recreational fishing oppurtunities are set by the same regulatory body. Don't ask sportsman, already on the banwagon of comercial hating, to pick out one small minority of people to place the blame. It's a global issue, not just local.
Myself, I've never even considered comercial fishing for a living. But I can be empathitic to someone's way of life being threatened, even if it is detrimental to the overall good of the fisheries I am so passionate about.
I don't have all the answers, but to call out one Indian tribe is unfair when the issue incompasses the entire world. And I do see aquaculture as progress to the problem of that same world's ever increasing population.