I actually posted a thread awhile back saying the same thing Rich, that I could not understand all these board members that pump money into the guided Quinalt thing... To me it is the principle of it.... You can make all the justifications you want, i.e., "I would rather have them guiding than netting", etc., but it comes down to the same thing.... Supporting them in any way will not change a thing... Perhaps if there was a boycott on the Quinalt the "Indian" guides would then exert more pressure from the inside to change things??
Funny, if they are not using "Traditional" methods (outboards, mono nets, fiberglass/aluminum boats) to "exercise their traditions", why can't the fish just be taken only from hatcheries and given to the tribes? I know it has been mentioned before, but gets slammed down pretty fast. The tribes against this idea maybe because they would not get as many fish (since they would be accurately counted)?? Now that I think about it, do any of you know that TONS of fish ARE given to the tribes directly at the hatcheries??? I have a good friend that manages a large hatchery in Oregon and he told me they show up every fall with pickups and large container trucks and load up tons of fish...... Lots of people do not know this....

MC