I really disagree that it's worked well. Our salmon crisis hasn't improved to any real extent the Columbia River fishing priorities haven't been followed,Puget Sound fishing harvest isn't apportioned according to Supreme Court decisions, the Columbia gillnet buy back turned out to be a mess, predation by seals and sea lions has basically been ignored, the pheasant farm has to close, fish hatcheries close and license fees rose while participation continues to shrink. Regulations hae gone wild (I counted more than two hundred separate regulations for the Columbia!) and emergency regulation continue to mess up people's plans. The whale regulation is not enforceable. The list could go on.

You got right Tug.

Tug,

I guess I meant that the Commission concept worked well from its inception in 1935 until, well, until the merger.

I think you're right

WDFW CONTINUES TO BE A ZERO.

We had more fish when most of our rivers were being used as splash dam log flow.