Early report from the rodeo . . .

I was at the morning session and it was pretty interesting. Seeing as how it was my first NOF I really don't know what the outcome will be, but I learned quite a bit about how it all works. I urge everyone who has the time to attend one of these sometime it will change your perspective on fisheries management in WA state.

The synopsis at lunch was that the commercials were being shut out of the Chehalis because of the low numbers of Chinooks available. They were going to get some 2-C (Humptulips) action though. The decision about who got to catch the available chinook was still ongoing.

One thing that I was so shocked by was that there is NO CHOICE but to harvest every paper fish. The paper fish do not get a vote, they don't have a plan that has "extra chinook conservation" as part of it.

It was fun to meet a lot of board members, everyone did a really nice job.