POS Clerk.....I think we are doing something about this..had we not done something I think we would no way be seeing the decisons we now see concerning allocations. What this amounts to on both sides of the Columbia is a fish grab on behalf of commercial interests with total disregard for the ongoing and successful efforts to protect ESA listed salmon and steelhead. WDFW director Koenings was made to look foolish and, in fact, reckless. ODFW was equally guilty. The fact that both departments had factions in charge of the Columbia fisheries willing to try to sneak something so egregious ( conspicuously bad) through with little or no notice to staff is more than enough justification for Cindy LeFleur to be reassigned out of fisheries to hydro and Steve King to take early retirement. There are probably others who should go to the woodshed but suffice it to say both ODFW and WDFW have mass egg on their red faces and the sports fishing community needs to dig a little deeper to root out the rest of the irresponsible fisheries managers who are willing to jeopardize our fragile fisheries to provide a windfall for commercial netters who, in my opinion, have no business on the Columbia River or any other body of water anywhere near the migration path of wild and endangered or threatened salmon or steelhead.

This whole affair has been a big slap in the face to all the groups who have been working so hard on habitat and conservation projects to save the very fish WDFW and ODFW were so willing to sacrifice by the thousands for their commercial buddies. We're watching closely now so I hope these people rethink who they really work for.