Originally Posted By: Jerry Garcia
Originally Posted By: goatram
Ban the nets!~!! Bring back the fish traps. That was the old way.
Then the wild fish and hatchery fish that are not the targeted species can be released. GILL nets made from Mono where not made or invented when the treaties where SIGNED.

If the tribes Fish like the White man using present day technology then they should be held to our laws. Case should be closed but it won't be


Perhaps the tribes would fish the old way if you would too.


Time marches on and so should the treaty. The Tribes are not subsisting on the fish now and they won’t in the future either if the fish are gone. Fish traps allow only what is the intended fish stock to be harvested. All the other unintended fish are still alive and can be set free. The traps are set in one place and can be monitored for compliance. Gill nets if left in the water continue to kill unintended species. The nets need to be removed from the process of catching fish now. Ever notice as the technology improved (i.e. bigger boats, nets, better electronics, and understanding of the process of catching said fish) that the fish stocks in the world have gone down in number.

I am fishing according to the Laws of the land and powers to be. If I break the law the results are fines and other unpleasant things that the judges and state so deem. When they and the commercials are held to the standards and fines as the Sports for illegal catching and retention beyond what is allowed by LAW. Then we can be equal. Now we are not!