Reel,
Here is the problem as I see and understand it. WDFW is not in the lead on this harvest issue the tribes are...and they want to fish. If one half of the "management team" wants to fish the other half must. If the other half does not want to fish then there is a foregone opportunity issue which can allow the fishing half 100% of the harvestable fish. Catch and Release will kill fish, how many is just a matter of "paper" fish because it doesn't matter in the negotiation process. Catch and Release by recreational fisherman keeps the tibal nets at their "fifty percent" figure. It would be so nice and simple if we could just say...OK, we just won't fish...but that doesn't work unless it is an emergency closure. And the usual way that we get an emergency closure is if the tribal nets aren't getting their customary catch at the customary time. The indicator is their net catch numbers.

Not as simple as Oregon, I wish it were.

Thanks,

Jim