The commissioners have had that information for 2 years Cow, they were well aware of the questionaire. If, when you read the transcript, your eyes and mind are open you can see that the commissioners that voted for the moritorium were concerned for the resource and also concerned about the public imput but they put their concern for the resource first.

In looking at our own statistics for the last couple of years, we continue to see what many of us refer to as the Washington or the Puget Sound fish curve, which can be applied to any state or province, which is basically high on the left and low on the right. We’re going downhill with these fish, and I just say when are we going to try to protect them and save what’s left. And that’s why I make the motion; I are about these fish. I think there’s enough fish for those who want to take a fish home, but as wild fish continue to diminish, when are we going to make a decision to save them?


In looking at our own statistics for the last couple of years, we continue to see what many of us refer to as the Washington or the Puget Sound fish curve, which can be applied to any state or province, which is basically high on the left and low on the right. We’re going downhill with these fish, and I just say when are we going to try to protect them and save what’s left. And that’s why I make the motion; I are about these fish. I think there’s enough fish for those who want to take a fish home, but as wild fish continue to diminish, when are we going to make a decision to save them?


Are we going to sit here and not say, “Lets turn; let’s take some action and turn this around,” or are we going to continue to go in that direction? I’d rather take the chance and err on the side of, again, the benefit of the doubt goes to the resource, and somebody jive years form now can tell me, “You didn’t need to do that, “ rather than answering to folks in five or ten years saying, “why didn’t you do something? You knew which way the graph was going” So, I’m there; the benefit of the doubt-close call- the benefit of the doubt goes to the resource. And I think that is such a priceless resource, and we have unknown valued of these genetic variations that we have no idea today how valuable they’ll be in the future. I’m not willing to take that-to wait any longer to take some action.


If we’re down to – I was no a privy to the meetings and discussions two years ago, but another fact that if we have gone form 16 rivers at that point down to 11 now, that’s further evidence hat these runs are continuing downward. I think it’s incumbent upon us a the Commission to step forward and take the lead, and say we are here to preserve and enhance our natural resource. And I can’t sit by and watch this go over the cliff and have none of us able to retrieve it.