Good observation Salmo.

These lawsuits remind me of an overdrawn checking account where the problem snowballs if the initial problem along with fees isn’t totally corrected. Lawsuits bouncing around from region to region only puts additional strain on these understaffed agencies.

According to the Puget Sound settlement agreement between WDFW and WFC there is a 30 month moratorium on lawsuits in Puget Sound which ends approximately this October where another round of lawsuits could arrive. At this point with these understaffed agencies trying to put out spot fires as they pop up, isn’t going to help the Puget Sound situation at all.

WFC having already eliminated most steelhead hatchery production in Puget Sound and now hoping for similar results with various species of the Mitchell Act hatcheries on the Columbia River, then open to return to Puget Sound salmon hatcheries as soon as this October is deplorable.

I consider WFC a foe with them attempting to eliminate hatchery fish in this state and the PNW.