One of the shocks from the Feds when the co-managers submit their first Puget Sound Chinook management plan was their determination that those northern fisheries take of the Puget Sound listed Chinook was not an issue under ESA.

One would think; especially consider the continued decline of Puget Sound listed Chinook that the case could be made that those Northern fisheries (especially those non-selective fisheries) represent an ESA take. One would have hoped that the State, tribes, tribal and non-treaty fishers could have gotten on the same page and lobby long and hard to the Feds, US congressmen and senators, etc. that those Northern impacts be considered under ESA.

But no everyone is much more concern about insuring that user groups get their full share (1/2) of the last fish.

Curt