Doc has a good point to be sure but frankly it is not the problem but how the problem is addressed by the agency. So think of it this way. 10 folks are busted for over limit AND wastage on the beach clam digging. Now are all the clam diggers rotten pond scum? Should we address the problem by closing Rec clam digging because of the few? When a Commercial is busted for not using a recovery box do you dump on all the commercials and shut them down?

Even in the Willapa and Grays Harbor policy this goes on. Not make escapement 3 out of 5 years limited harvest so limited impacts for fishers. But wait it was WDF&W that set the season that failed but you then punish the fisher who had zip just nothing to do with the decisions the caused it. Willapa the nets go over the limits so they are sorta / kinda give it back but again wait they only fished just as WDF&W said to why are they being punished it was WDF&W who screwed the pooch!

So when you have a issue such as poaching one would think I would sympathize with them and again NO. I can show you problem after problem with poaching that I and others addressed in a simple manner with little Rec dislocation and staff over 30 years refused to address them and still refuse other than running around with their hair on fire. This is followed by " oh my god poaching shut the inriver Rec down "

So our problem with poaching in many streams is the result of the steady and continuing erosion of faith by citizens that they will be treated fairly and equitably. In the case of Willapa and the unbelievable bias against the Rec fisher has led to really bad place in the fairness thing for many folks in that area. This problem was and continues to be a direct result of past and present conduct of WDF&W staff.