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Originally posted by JacobF:
The bottom line is that you can close down every river in this state to sport fishing year round and the runs will still decline because the state and feds refuse to recognize the cause of the problem. [/QB]
That is the almost the cold truth. I'm pretty positive the cause of the problems have been recognized, just not acted on.

Unfortunately, I think it will be a cold day in hell when we see the end of tribal netting, commercial fishing, and the end of hatchery raised fish. Not to mention a *real* effort to restore our rivers, waterways and estuaries.

Oh sure, I'll happily "take that step in the right direction" and support a state-wide C&R, but I'm afraid that if we take any more steps forward, we're all gonna fall off of Vedder's Cliff while the "other half" laugh all the way to the bank.
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