Jerry

WDFW Cindy LeFleur, says that the state's wild salmon/steelhead policy allows up to a 10 percent incidental harvest on runs not meeting spawning goals, so why did the Commission rule that there would be No harvest for 2 years of wild steelhead by sport fishers? They also said that "The science says this increase to 5 percent poses no additional risk to steelhead,''

http://www.columbian.com/02052004/sports/114914.html

If this is true why are the Commissioner's saying that the sport fisher must have a 2 year moratorium while the gill netters get an increase? If the Commission allows this to happen, fishermen should tell them where they can put their moratorium!

Cowlitzfisherman