Originally Posted By: _WW_
Originally Posted By: Lucky Louie

Their lawsuits are sidestepping that process and if they had their way would eliminate hatcheries throughout the state including steelhead and salmon.


In spite of the WFC philosophy, these lawsuits, as I understand them, derive from procedural errors on the part of WDFW and the Feds and will not eliminate hatcheries. They will just require the hatcheries to operate under existing law.

Kinda like getting pulled over for doing 10mph over the limit - your license won't be revoked nor will you be sent to prison, but it will cost you some money.

rolleyes

Sure, just like the Puget Sound Steelhead lawsuit that was settled around April of 2014 between WDFW and WFC.

The settlement went much further than just paying court costs to WFC and after reading the 96 page complaint filed 03/31/16, there is no reason to believe that only court costs will be awarded this time around either.
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