Sorry if someone already pointed these observations out, but I didn't bother reading much after seeing the little bitchfest...

The states fund very little of the Columbia River hatchery system...it's funded mainly thru Mitchell Act funding as a mechanism to mitigate the federal dams on the Columbia...and that money isn't going anywhere, no matter who quits fishing or who gets more or less selective.

Anyone who thinks that the battle over LCR fisheries isn't almost 100% an allocation battle, no matter what side you are on, clearly has very little concept of how LCR fisheries are crafted. It seems to me that the folks who don't think it's an allocation-driven program are the same ones who seem to think that the commercial guys killing more hatchery fish and the same amount of wild fish is both good for fish and fishing...also, not all that logical of a conclusion to come to.

This thread is further evidence of how Salmo g.'s point that we all need to be united isn't likely to happen...why would anyone who has qualms about the CCA want to be involved in anything that includes the type of folks arguing on behalf of it on this thread?

GW Bush as a "uniter not a divider" has got nothing on the CCA.

Fish on...

Todd
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