For instance,

The early element steelhead run in the Quileute System was at one time a much larger part of the run then it is now. Comercail harvest effort on hatchery fish has no doubt been the biggest reason for the decline of the early returning fish.


Since we know this why does the tribe continue to nett 5 days a week when the early part of the run is hanging on by a thread? The early elemt of the run is just as important as the spring element but it seems it is expendable.

Heres something to think about. Picture that tribal harvest didnt exist yet sport fishers impact trying to harvest all the hatchery fish causes the early element of the wild run to deplete to where it is now. What happens?

I will tell you what already has happened. It is now CnR for wild fish untill December 1 for sport fishers and catch and release the whole season up above. Dont be fooled into thinking it is for the good of the fish. It is CnR for sport fishers so the tribal Comercial fisheries could continue at the rate they were going. Infact since this has happened tribal harvest has increased. THe Quileutes now fish on a scedual instead of a quota. Tribal powers are actually opposed to wild steelhead release though you figure out why.


Dont get me wron I strongly support total CnR.


Also dont be fooled into thinking WDFW has made any fishery in this state CnR to be proactive. It is a reactive response to the way our rivers have responded to co-management.