Originally Posted By: RowVsWade

Thanks to all that are actively involved but I have to ask: If public input is so important what has the state done that indicates they listened to that input? This year and last year the state turned its back on us. Is that what the public input represented? Pandering to tribes and screwing over the other 99.5%?


I think a couple examples were already addressed, including the Baker Lake and Skagit river sockeye fishery. As for this year, I don't see how you can call what the state did "turning its back" on sportfishermen. I think they heard how pissed people were with, e.g., the MA 10 king closure last year, and decided to stand up for more equitable sharing this year. They didn't get everything that everyone would have wanted, but I think they got more than they would have had they just rolled over.