Got this little tidbit from Fish Passage Center regarding the Yakima Indian take on the Columbia River.
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""During the Treaty fall fishery that occurred between Bonneville and McNary dams (Zone 6), reports from harvest indicated that about 92,400 Chinook, 7,700 steelhead, and 2,200 coho were sold to the buyers this season.""
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Then I went to the WDFW fish report section and compiled a total sport caught Chinook count (Ilwaco, Wesport, Neah Bay) of 39,300 Chinook.


What is this???? Only one tribe caught 2 1/2 times the number of chinook as the entire Wa state ocean fishery!!!!! What about the other 28 tribes with fishing rights (ie, Mucks, Makahs, Chehalis, Puyallups, etc, etc.)??

It is hard to believe that the non-Indian commercial fishing take could make up for these huge differences. A much more plausible explanation is that we are getting screwed big time.