It is obvious that there are many factures that affect our fishing resources throughout Washington and Oregon.

I think the main point is that commercial netting is not a selective in any sense of the word while sportsman are required to practice a fairly efficent method of selective fishing.

The problem, in my opinion, is that the allocations do not reflect the differences in harvest method and release mortality.

Can sportsfishers do more to help the resource....YES

Does gillnetting need to be eliminated? NO

It does however need to be properly managed.

Management can come in the form of allocation levels, timing of the fishery and location of the fishery.