In many rivers the Indian harvest of wild SH is much higher than the sport harvest. This is not inside information.....it is available at any WDFW office. There is very little that WDFW can do when the sport anglers don't, or can't, harvest our share of these fish. Although many of you thing your great anglers, and you may well be with hook and line, you are no match for the gillnetter. The sport anglers simply cannot harvest "their share", and certainly won't under the new management plan. .

Gillnetting will continue in rivers that are forecast to meet the escapement goal, and in some that won't. What would your argument be to stop it in rivers that will meet the goal? And will your argument stand up to the Bolt decision. We need to remember that some of the runs on the coast are very strong even with a high percent of terminal harvest. It's a good thing that many of these river have good recruit per spawner ratios.

Although I am very concerned about the tribes harvesting my portion of wild SH, I am much more concerned about them fishing into escapement. That is what needs to be addressed. And that is what is not allowed by the courts.