Smalma has it correct....The whole process is about allocation. Since the Canadians over fished last year and plan on doing it again this year in the mixed stock areas in the ocean we probably will cut back seasons in the ocean so we have some allocation left inside. Say the Skykomish Chinook fishery? That is what the process boils down to. The pie doesn't get bigger it just gets cut up different every season. Unfortunately in the big picture when we stop fishing in the ocean the tribes will not.
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