I have a problem with buy-outs for commerical fishing licenses. If you draw a sheep license, you could re-sell it for a sizeable chunk of change if you were permitted to do so. You can't. Why should a commerical fisher be allowed to benefit from the sale of his/her license over and above what hte state gets for a transfer?

It would take time (years) but eventually the non-tribal commerical net fisheries would go away.

For a review of the commercial fishing license portion of the Revised Code of Washington, take a look at the following link. Of particular interest are sections .020, .030, and .070

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=77.65