here is the letter that has been sent there way and who it should go to, according to the other post,

quote:
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Mr. Patillo,

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the possibility of commercial
gill netters participating in the 2004 Lake Washington sockeye fishery.

I would request that you and the other decision makers consider the
tremendous economic impact that a sport fishery creates during the Lk WA
sockeye run. I would hope it is very simple to see that the economic
impact is far greater with the $100/angler/day spent by sport anglers
times the 30,000 participants as opposed to the handful of gillnet boats
selling the fish on a commercial market already flooded with Bristol Bay
sockeye at that time of year.

By allowing commercial gill-netters to take a portion of the non-tribal
allocation, you are shortening those number of sport days.

Further more, I would hope you take into account the "social injustice" of
forcing the Muckleshoot, Suquamish, and Tulalip tribes to compete with the
commercials when it was the Muckleshoots who stepped up and spent their
own money to enhance and monitor this fishery over the last 10 years.

By keeping Lake Washington sockeye a sport and tribal fishery you will
create the strongest economic impact possible while giving the tribal and
sport anglers the opportunity to harvest the fruits of their labor.

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Send your emails to

pattiplp@dfw.wa.gov Pat Patillo

Be sure to cc the
Pacific Fisheries Management Council and the WDFW commission.

pfmc.comments@noaa.gov
and
commission@dfw.wa.gov