#954553 - 03/24/1609:30 AMRe: J F C ! ! !
[Re: eyeFISH]
Salmo g.
River Nutrients
Registered: 03/08/99
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When WDFW meets escapement 80% of the time, then we can talk about relaxing the 3 out of 5 penalty box. They make escapement ONE time and want to consider relaxing the "penalty?" This simply re-confirms a "harvest at any cost" philosophy within the harvest management group. I think the "bluntness" of the 3 for 5 rule is exactly the sort of restriction necessary to realign harvest management thinking to include the serious consideration of fish conservation.