OK, I've seen a arguments listed here and just to get my 2 cents in. (1) Is the commission doing this as a precursor to ESA or is just a way of applying a one size fits all rubber stamp to the entire state? (2) The last NATE I bonked was '88 and is hanging on the wall at home. I belive in C&R of native or wild fish (salmonids)no matter what the species. But I do feel that if a stream has some harvestable NATES that a mechinism be in place for retaining one or two. I know that mounts can be made from measurements taken at stream side and from the pictures one takes (reproductions) but to have a mount for the rest of your life with the skin and fins that are real and reflect back to that day and the battle and so on is what keeps me going. Yes there are a lot of problems with the state of our nat. resources. We all must take steps to correct past wrongs and if releasing nates is one way I'm for it if the science backs it up. I agree that forestry, agriculture, development, counties & cities and as well all fishers must get on with saving habitat, clean water and so on and so on. Butt quit pointing fingers and whinning. We can either be part of the problem or part of the solution. I vote for the second. I'm not sitting on the fence, I just belive in knowing the whole story before forming an opinon. And before I can critisize I best be able to offer a solution that CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.
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