[QUOTE] [I have to take issue with your claim that all netting was done far out at sea prior to WWII. That simply is not true. /QUOTE]

I am not so sure that there isn't some truth to this...I have also heard that nets were not allowed inside Puget Sound at some previous point in history .....needs some research I think. Regardless of that I would say that banning nets inside Puget Sound has some merit as it did when the BAN (net ban initiative) was unsuccessfully tried here.

Net bans have been very successful in states along the Gulf Coast , especially in Florida. It did not work here partially because of the commercial fishing lobby and partially because the general public would not go along with the ban because it had no effect on the tribes..That was a real short sighted opinion shared by way too many potential supporters.

A net ban at this time would be largely less effective because the non tribal nets are few and far between. It is the tribal nets that continue to devastate our runs.

I saw a gill net in the Green/Duwamish right in Tukwila on my way home today....Saw a couple of sports guys upriver ....sorry guys the nets are intercepting what you are waiting for.