Why have a commercial non-indian fishery at all? The sport fishery is fully capable of exploiting the entire allotment of the run, and the return to the economy is easily 15 times per fish greater than when caught commercially. It's real simple - if the most valuable fishery can fully exploit the run, why allot any to a less valuable fishery? I though this was supposed to be a public resource managed for the greatest public benefit. The commercial price of Columbia salmon is less than the cost to produce them. I am getting real tired of subsidising this stupid commercial fishery
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The fishing was GREAT! The catching could have used some improvement however........