That was a great March/April steelhead fishery until it wasn't.

Just to reiterate, if the tribe is concerned about any bycatch mortality on steelhead from a recreational fishery on chum then they should discontinue any use of gillnets when targeting those same chum.

As for recreational harvest of chum concurrent with a tribal fishery.....well, if the fish don't show that recreational harvest will be pretty low and the State could always issue an emergency closure.

Edit: There is a Commission meeting 14/15 December in Oly with time set aside both days for public input. Here is a link to the draft agenda for that meeting:
https://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings/2018/12/dec0718_D_draft_agenda_dec1418.pdf.


Edited by Larry B (11/30/18 11:27 AM)
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