I have spoken to observers who take notes but are NOT allowed to take pictures. The commercials see the revival tanks as a joke I think and some are not even operational and most don't get used. You can bet that they don't want to screw around releasing wild steelhead and salmon and sturgeon from their nets when they only get a 45 minute soak time. Funny how big of a deal it is to WDFW to makes sure they can monitor sports fisheries before even allowing them but when it comes to the commercials they don't even know how many boats are out in the fishery and don't force the observers on the boats. I bet we could get alot of volunteers to be observers as long as we could bring along the digital cameras. Maybe some of you should call Cindy LeFleur and offer to volunteer. See what she says.
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