Originally Posted By: Carcassman
Yeah. You'll recall the Makah "overage" on winter trolled Chinook. While it is true that they had the data in handing did not respond, WDFW also had it and from what I heard did not even look at it.


Oh yes, that was another FUBAR deal. My perspective at the time was that the State didn't want to "know" about it because to acknowledge it would have meant trying to do something about it. I also seem to recall that at the time there were no hard number for that fishery so the Makah's just kept on fishing with serious impacts to subsequent State fisheries. And no payback in future years - a process that seems to have been a one way street. Hopefully with a new sheriff in town that, too, will change.
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