It was the Muckleshoots who walked out of the North of Falcon meetings in 2003 rather than discuss a more equitable Elliott Bay Chinook season for sports fishers. Apparently the discussions of sports groups which culminated in recommendations to WDFW to present to the tribes were sugar coated by WDFW so as not to upset the tribes. Hopefully this year more sports fishers will show up at the various NOF meetings to let the tribes know we are tired of their domination of the process. It isn't going to change from being sico of their BS. It is going to change when the sports fishers make a much bigger show of force. The tribes are generally more concerned about their image to bring people into their casinoes to lose money than they are about fishing. Make it known to the general public just how pathetic they are and things might swing around a bit. They simply do not care about the fish. They care about making as much money as possible.
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