I don't know alot of the details about ban but I do know that anybody that starts saying habitat is the problem and not over harvest sounds a little off base. you have got to get the fish returning before they can use the habitat. the last time I was out on a river everything was there but the the fish. they have lots of habitat. O.K. some streams and rivers might be a little on the un friendly side for the fish but the rivers on the peninsula have great habitat. you watch any stream or river that for some reason or another doesn't get a commercial season on it's run of salmon or steel head and what happens. you get a "record run year"
then if the indians don't get there nets in the way,you can really get a nice run. several years later when the young return you watch and see there will agian be a surg in the number of fish. I've grown up on a small stream and know this from experiance!
I've heard the argument that the commerial fisherman only gets a few days to fish and can't possibly affect the numbers that much. common sence says that if you only have a small run to start with it don't even take that long to destroy it.and I'm not just pointing fingers at our commercial guys. the crooks that come from the otherside of the ocean and strech nets out for miles and take every thing and don't pay a penny for it. then there are the indians. It makes me sick to see the rivers pluged with nets and then you hear some idiot in the tackle shop saying how they don't take that many fish. anybody who believes that has been sitting behind the TV to much. they only report a few of what they really catch, go see for yourself. no this BAN won't stop them, but it's a start in the right direction and we can worry about them next. you gotta attack the problem one punch at a time. sorry I went a little over but it really boils my blood to hear people down play a good thing. I support Ban and will continue until I see something better comeolng!!!!!! am I the only one with ideas like this. I really hope not!!!!1