Originally Posted By: Carcassman
There was an agreed to number in that the fishery was expected to take X. Took way more than that but because WDFW had the data and said nothing.............

Those numbers are just "guidelines".


My recollection is a bit fuzzy but agree with you that there was a "sorta" number but the egregious aspects were:

1. The Makahs just kept on fishin'
2. WDFW had info that clearly showed harvest had grossly exceeded any pre-season set harvest number (describe it any way you want) and never raised the yellow warning flag.
3. Non-tribal (recs) took it in the shorts as a result; can't catch 'em if they aren't there.

I just love the word "guidelines" when it comes to harvest numbers......kind of like "adaptive management."
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