Originally Posted By: Priority2


Yes It should be illegal to sell/buy ESA listed fish!

Yes the tribes are immune, but if it was illegal to buy ESA listed Chinook it would be problematic!



That's gonna be pretty tough when NOAA-F intentionally manages these ESA listed species for purposeful "take".... for example, at rates of 41% exploitation on ESA-listed Lower Columbia tule chinook and 65% on ESA-listed Snake River all chinook.

Here's a good peek at who's taking them...

TULES:
https://data.wa.gov/dataset/Lower-Columbia-Fall-Tule-Chinook/pqm4-r4gr

SNAKE FALLS:
https://data.wa.gov/dataset/Snake-River-Fall-Chinook/7dcp-g2ff
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