Originally Posted By: BEANCOUNTER
I know what the answer is, any fishing over ESA listed stocks, blah, blah, blah has to be approved by NOAA, blah, blah, blah...I go back to the fact that WDFW knew this outcome was a possibility and did not have a back-up plan to address this potential outcome. We have to remember that not only were salmon fishermen let down, but so were warmwater fishermen.


Yup, the regs are Federal and your fishery was collateral damage. Not sure what backup plan WDFW might have had to mitigate the warmwater impact.


Edited by Larry B (06/17/16 01:21 PM)
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