Jeremy,

I didn't mean to hit a nerve. If you look back through the PP archives, you'd find that the people commenting on this thread tend NOT to be the "blame the Indians" crowd. I think the bigger objection is to the building and running of hatcheries in general. They were CREATED to help commercial fishermen. The problem is that most of them don't even work and probably actually cause MORE problems than if they weren't there at all.

On top of that, if you've complained about any form of taxes in the last few years, I strongly urge you to rethink your support of hatcheries. They are very expensive to build... then you get to fund them EVERY year after you build it. Start looking at the dollars spent per fish and you'll either get pissed or start laughing.

You are right that it is "everyone and everything". There are multiple fronts to fight but if you think that hatcheries are the "fix", then I think you are going to find yourself very disappointed.

-Kaiser D.