its damn near plain as day, as to who to sue, and one of the major problems with declining fish populations in all of Puget Sound and the Canal, with just looking at one thing...

the tribes..

the Quinault river..

they cant use the "its not heavily fished" thing, because the guides out there take people out every day, and alot also fish themselves.. its so good because they dont net the [Bleeeeep!] out of it, they net the hell out of other river systems and leave theirs pristine... while the other systems go down, down, down...

Bill Baake was in an interview with West Fly, and he was asked about hatcheries.. hatcheries have been around since 1877, and he said, after that long of a "test" we have proven that they arent successful, because fish are still declining, blah blah blah..

i propose a test, take the nets out of EVERY stream in Wa State besides the Columbia due to size (didnt they ban gill nets there tho, or was that just a try?), and let the natives fish with rod an line, with the same limit as sportfishers, and lets see if the runs dont improve.. we should get atleast a 100 year shot at that "test", to scientifically prove that nets do more damage than anyone can really imagine...

and an addition to the test, all ocean fishery limits are cut in half, for the next 10 years.. yeah salmon prices will go up, but i dont care about what fish costs in NY or Japan, as i catch my own..

but remember the key thing in this.. the tribes..

what do you think they are gonna do, when they have no fishery, because the WDFW didnt release any fish, and therefore couldnt continue with their way of lives, that they were granted in 1974?

they will do what they did last time... SUE..