These EO's in the Inlet are totally bogus. Sorry to say this Bob, but what really needs to happen is to harvest the surplus Kasilof reds in the Kasilof!
No I'm not turning on you, brother. Just trying to come up with the most efficient and biologically sound method of culling out all of these excess sockeye without damaging other stocks.
There is no way Kenai fish should be paying the price for a bumper crop of Kasilof reds. That's just assinine.
There is no way Kasilof kings should be paying that price either.
They need to give the commercials an ultimatum.... find a way to selectively fish in the river without disrupting other user groups/ fish stocks..... OR..... too frickin' bad, we're gonna let those fish swim by, "overescapement" be damned.
They're a resourceful bunch, they'd find a way to make it happen if they knew they could take every last sockeye not needed for board-mandated escapement goals.... just find a way to turn all the kings loose. Traps? Beach seines? Anything but a frickin' gillnet!
Blood pressure is about to blow right now!@#$%^&*

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