Originally Posted By: Rivrguy
You guys need to get the harvest impact (targeted / incidental ) by area by user by gear type after the fish enter WA ST waters. The terminal impacts being low for Rec can simply mean they went to another area as incidental. Could also be that the tribes from the straights on down low holed the Mucks who low holed the Recs. You need those numbers.


Maybe the new Director will provide an after action report for public consumption which provides both the data and rationale for this being a well thought out biologically supported closure. Frankly, it will be in his best interests to do so -- if he can't or won't he will have gotten off to a very poor start.

Keep in mind that WDFW went in to NOF with a goal of a six week season and two fish a day for MA 9 and MA 10. Presumably they had data which supported their position. If so, how did it go so sideways?

Now, as to the suggestion that the Mucks being low holed by other tribes - if that were to occur to would be during the actual fishery and, furthermore, an inter-tribal problem.

I'm sure that the Feds who signed the Treaty for its citizens will ensure that the other signatories and their citizens fish within the terms of the treaty(ies) and subsequent court decisions.
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