Originally Posted By: cobble cruiser
At the end of the day, I think we are all upset over the fact that the agreement was "agreed upon" because the WDFW had no other options and the tribes were bullying them to the point that in order to open a few fisheries to the sporties, they had to give the farm. We all remember the stale mate and the tribes strong arming the state. Now that we have this unexpected (or so we thought) larger run of coho, we as citizens feel like we've been hosed and not aloud our 50% even though we can all see that there is a ton of harvestable fish. Basically, people feel they have been treated unfairly and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it but stand back and watch.


I agree, this nails it. OncyT is probably going to win any debate on the details, but olympic-level bureaucracy gymnastics hasn't really been great at solving real problems that actually do exist. And are growing.

I don't think you can read this:

http://nwtreatytribes.org/treaty-tribes-...-low-coho-year/

Then look at all the tribal nets in the water and the video of the guys at ballard locks who are basically hunting in a petting zoo, and *reasonably* say:

Originally Posted By: OncyT

Sorry, but I can't find anything to get bent out of shape about here.