Wrong Plunk, You should be thanking those organizations that are actually concearned about the direction our wild steelhead runs are going and bringing to attention their plight. I am sorry but these organizations will not let down and will not be satisfied until change occurs. I hope your organization (whatever it is) is doing something aside from pontificating on a bb.

This is not the first time, please read this from the WSC Fact sheet, it is indeed an outrage that our Commission and WDFW can be bullied. But like Rob A posted does it really make a difference who kills them first, because in the end if the fish loose we all loose. But I guess it is human nature to be greedy.

8. Last year (2002/03) the Hoh River was under-escaped by 800 fish. The run-size would have easily exceeded the escapement goal of 2400 spawners, but the combined sport and tribal harvest drove the escapements well-below the escapement goal. This situation came about because of an overly optimistic pre-season run-size forecast that was used to establish the harvest fisheries for 2002/03. For 2003/04, the pre-season run-size forecast calls or 4453 fish, and the co-managers agreed to a harvest allocation of 1395 fish for the Hoh tribe and 668 for sport fishers. The co-manager’s plan calls for a targeted wild steelhead escapement of 2360 fish, or 40 fish below the escapement goal! We can only hope that this year’s preseason forecast underestimates, rather than overestimates, this year’s actual returns, and that the harvesters fail to achieve their full allocations.

9. The Queets River has been managed for spawners below its desired WDFW escapement for the last 10 years due to tribal demands.