Friends,

This has been a good discussion, and I appreciate everyone's interest. Big Jim, I didn't mean to flame you with my response. I was venting my frustration about misinformation and ignorance of the facts about treaty fishing and its case law and the many irrational opinions expressed about it. I will try to keep my frustration to myself and stick to posting facts and personal opinions (hopefully rational ones at that).

stlhead, I sure don't consider Slade a friend of either fish or fishermen. Slade introduced his anti-treaty legislation when he was first elected to the Senate. I think he did so in revenge. After all, Slade was the state Attorney General who argued the Boldt case before the U.S. Supreme Court and lost.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.