Originally Posted By: Smalma
FNP -
In the late 1970s the state tried to prevent the tribes from selling steelhead in this state because it was against state law which prohibited the sell of steelhead. Washington lost that case in Federal court which said in effect that prohibiting the sell of steelhead was in effect prohibiting the tribe from fishing for steelhead. Somehow I don't think the court would rule any different today.


My bull$hit meter just went to redline! Prohibiting the sale of wild steelhead does NOT prevent anybody from fishing for them. It just keeps them from turning the fish into a commercial commodity. The sympathy factor for the purposeful harvest of wild steelhead might reasonably come into play if the fish were taken for individual consumption/subsistence or cultural value. For me personally, the sympathy factor for their wholesale slaughter is ZERO if the fish become nothing more than dollar bills with fins.

Surely some lawyer with even half a brain could articulate that argument and make it stick in a court of law?

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What the heck is "maximal sustainable abundance" and how would you achieve that?

Tight lines
Curt


I believe we had that discussion once before:

maximum sustainable abundance

It took a while to agree on the terminology, but if you read thru that whole thread, you will realize that what I initially referred to as MSR could just as easily have been called MSA.
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