Spawn, you are entirely correct. Your letter should be copied and posted at every place on the lower river where we spend money.
The front page headline story in last week's Wahkiakum newspaper said that their county commissiners voted to ask the commission for the maximum commercial share of spring chinook because they could bring in 1.5 million dollars but sport fishermen have "already bought everything" and don't have an economic impact on the county!
BTW, this is where the Region 5 commissioner, Ron Ozment, comes from, and he is a strong supporter of commercial fishing and was the pivotal vote against approving wild steelhead release statewide.