I suspect that a good many very qualified folks wouldn't touch the CCA with a ten foot pole because of the harrassment they receive from often uneducated but very passionate CCA folks...I tend to choose where to throw my support, time, and energy behind those who do what I believe is useful and helpful, and shy away from those who aren't...

I think the CCA was helpful in keeping our Commission structure at least as good as it is, and I appreciate their concern about ghost nets...but to think that ghost nets would never go anywhere without the CCA, or that the CCA "saved" the Commission is self-aggrandizement in the extreme.

There have been individuals and organizations working on getting out ghost nets, and actually getting them out, long before the CCA ever came to the PNW...putting out a position paper supporting their removal and having the guy who actually does it speak at a CCA meeting doesn't all of a sudden turn ghost nets into one of Gary's "wins"...it's just supporting the right thing, like lots of other folks and organizations do.

There were many individuals and organizations...including the CCA...who participated in the debate to keep our Commission structure, and there will be lots more work to do on it in the future, too...I hope the CCA continues to help with that, but leaves the sort of ridiculous arrogance about it that LB brings to the subject at the door, or they'll continue to alienate the very folks who could help them become a first class organization.

Fish on...

Todd