Backlash & others- I'm beginning to understand your cynisism & feelings of hopelessness in regards to changing Treaty staus quos. Sad. But I don't see all as hopeless. I had other suggestions for reducing illegal overharvest & wastefulness. But it takes effort & organization as I mentioned. I sense both apathy & complacency based on the posts I've read here. This is the sportfishermen's collective Achilles Heel! Scroll back to a post on 2/28 - "Fishermen's Alliance Meeting" by Beezer (Marc Marcantonio). His call to gather for efforts toward a sportfishermen's alliance to look out for your interests had not one reply! Nada! "O". With this kind of complacency not much will get done for our causes. Fortunately, there are some people & organizations that help, such as the mentioned NW Steelheaders Assoc. & NSIA. Anyone out there have any upbeat responses to my suggetions? -- Backlash, I see Paul Allen at Blazer games. He's definitely into hoops & Jimmy Hendrix; so he can't be all bad for a billionaire. Seems like he could get into fishing (he runs his Big Boat around Cabo & behind the Baha Penn.- I figure he must do some fishng there). But Gates? I don't think so; wonder if he even knows there's fish out in front of his Lk. Wash. fortress?. (BTW- What the heck is Wally Walker doing to the Sonics?)- Steve

[This message has been edited by Backbouncer1 (edited 03-08-2000).]