coho,

Thanks for the clarification of the numbers we're dealing with here. I guess after your example, my olny nagging question is, " Why are tribal harvest shares calculated without regard to ESA, and sport harvest IS calculated within the constraints of the ESA?" Fairness is NOT the word I'd use to describe this situation.

How much are sport anglers going to be expected to take? The states (OR and WA) are luck that the numbers of returning fish are sohigh this year, as many anglers are willing to get screwed if they can go out and have "stupid-fishing" where fish can be caught without much skill. But get a year with low returns and low harvest numbers, and I could see a drastic decrease in license revenues. Maybe not, but sport anglers can only be expected to take so much.

Fish on.......
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