The department needs to be praised for doing the right thing in shutting down the fishery if it isn't going to meet the goal. At the same timethey need to be blasted for letting it get to this point in the first point. Allowing harvest, not standing up where necessary to the tribes, for not having enough enforcement, dumping tremendous amount of hatchery fish in rivers, etc. Be pissed at the department for the bigger picture not this one issue which is shown to be selfish one for many including me.

So many great points have been made. Get involved (I like the WSC personally), educate yourself, write letters, help clean up the sportsman's house first and foremost, etc. Then maybe we can start to get on the other causes of decline. I by no means think that sportsman are the major limiting factor that has caused us to get into this situation but most average people see fisherman as part of the problem not the solution. clean up out house first and then we have a leg to stand on.

JJ


Edited by JJ (01/09/08 12:26 AM)