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Until the system is rid of non-selective gillnets, getting enough wild fish to the gravel will be a perennial problem.

Until then, our best bet is to manage the nets on a quota system, NOT a harvest rate model. Let them fish in real-time up to the predicted harvest/impact on paper, then STOP!

There's too many in-season variables to factor into a harvest "model"... far too much uncertainty in how many fish will actually be caught in real-time on the water. The harvestable numbers and allowable impacts are already calculated. The mechanism for quick reporting is already in place on the non-treaty side.... in fact it's a requirement to participate in the fishery. USE IT!

Set a tentative non-treaty gillnet season based on pre-planned fishing days, BUT prosecuting each day of fishing is predicated on a full accounting of the total wild harvest/impact at the end of the previous day of fishing. If the allowable harvest/impact has been consumed..... GAME OVER!



Yes!!!!