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Originally posted by micropterus101:
Cupo,

Uhhhh, ya that science. Why keep fishing during the run of a severly depressed wild stock when catch and release still causes death of all be it even a few fish.

Also,

If a river is closed to fishing during the bulk of the wild run there is no qoutas to be met by either side because there is no harvest by either side. If the river is open to catch and release the indians can complain they are entitled to 3 to 5 % of the fish, and they would definetly have a legal leg to stand on.
I agree that if a run is severly depressed it shouldn't be fished on. But requiring the release of wild fish on other runs before they get that bad seems like the responsible choice.

If the available science claims there is a harvestable surplus, can't the tribes net them, regardless of whether or not we can fish at all?