Originally Posted By: Somethingsmellsf
Originally Posted By: freespool
Originally Posted By: Somethingsmellsf




That is straight from that article, if there are less hatchery fish on the spawning beds then the hatcheries could produce more fish without impacting the ESA listed fish, thereby giving more opportunity to all user groups.


I would argue that the sport fleet fishing above the new selective commercial harvesters would in fact see far less opportunity.
So what your saying is CCA's plan is really just a plan to save the hatcheries.[/quote


Now your just grasping at straws and hoping someone will say something that will appease your twisting of the words opinion.

I will say this, without hatcheries there would be no opportunity for sports fishers as the commercials would be a HUGE impact on the wild fish because WDFW "HAS TO BY LAW" Provide a commercial opportunity, except possibly C&R on wild fish, something you preach about for the OP rivers as it pertains to a single person but not for GILL NETS on the Columbia. How the hell do you justify that?


And that's exactly why I support removing all commercial harvest from the mainstem of the LCR an shifting the 2% mortality allotment to the sport fleet.
By moving the commercials into the SAFE Areas we still have commercial harvest for public consumption and sport opportunity goes up dramatically.