Originally Posted By: cobble cruiser
So I guess I need to get caught up. Were the tribes supposed to be conducting "test" fisheries?

Then to add insult to injury, sell them back to the folks that share in the funding them in the first place?


Others probably know better than I do (SkyGuy?), but my understanding is that several tribes have conducted or intend to conduct test fisheries (including in the Sound) to see how many coho are coming back. Tribes have actually begun commercial netting at the locks and on the Duwamish based on a determination that there is a harvestable surplus of coho.

As far as the locks go, since WDFW opened Lake Washington to coho (starting the 16th), you can argue that the goose and the gander are getting the same treatment on that particular stock.

I don't think there's any such argument to be made for the Duwamish unless/until they open it up to sporties.