Wild stock Chinook Salmon in Puget Sound are on the Endangered Species List!! I hope all of you participating in the Elliot Bay fishery/circus, stop for a minute, and think about that. The ONLY reason this fishery exists, is so the Muckleshoot Gambling Tobacco and Fishing Corp., can legally get it's nets in the water. By sharing the catch with "sportsmen", in accordance with the Boldt Decision, they have met their legal requirements. All of a sudden the unclipped hatchery returnees have become "wild stock", making it look like there are more returning natives, than is actually the case. The idea of penning up the "sportsmen" for a 3 day kill-em-all fishery on an endangered species disgusts me. If you truly want to help this endangered run, don't kill them, don't buy them, and don,t eat them, enjoy some great C&R fishing instead. For those of you, who choose to participate, all I can say, is Baaaaaad choice.
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DanO