Good try Aunty!


If you get off of your high horse and read what I had said, you just might not be looking so foolish laugh

I said
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Science: Quote: "WDFW Biologist Dan Rawding (1998) found that encounter rates of wild winter steelhead in selective fisheries were similar to harvest rates that occurred when anglers were permitted to retain wild steelhead."

Dan is one, if not WDFW number one expert biologist who deals with Wild steelhead in Washington.

One more fact that shows that the Commission did not use all "available science" to make their decision
That statement is a FACT!

Todd came back and posted what his interpretation of what that quote meant. If you had taken the TIME to read my post, I never disagreed with what Todd had said. In fact, I posted my reply back to his post and told him that I had apparently had miss read what that "quoted statement" had meant, and that he was right.

Maybe neither of you understands what a "quotation mark" means! I just showed you an exact statement that was made by WDFW, nothing more, and nothing less!

I then stated "One more fact that shows that the Commission did not use all "available science" to make their decision!"

It was my understanding when the Commission voted on this issue; they did not use this information to support their position. If I am wrong, can you show me in their minutes where this information was used to support their decision?

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Commissioner R.P. Van Gytenbeek of Seattle initiated the discussion about requiring the release of wild steelhead by calling for a permanent ban on wild steelhead retention. When that motion failed, the commission considered and rejected the idea of a six-year moratorium before scaling it back to two years.

"In this case, I think a half a loaf is better than no loaf at all," Van Gytenbeek said. "A lot of people in this state are concerned about the decline of our wild steelhead stocks and I think a moratorium gets us started down the right path."

Commission Chair Will Roehl of Bellingham did not share that view, noting that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is currently working on a new comprehensive plan for steelhead management, tailored to specific stocks.

"I can't support banning retention of wild steelhead on rivers where stocks are healthy and returns are strong," Roehl said. "I don't think this broad-brush action is warranted, but that appears to be the will of commission."
If they show in their minutes that they did in fact consider this information, then I would be incorrect in making that statement.

Until proven otherwise, my statement stands to be correct.

Until then, live with it! laugh


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