Right. And that's fine. The buy-out settles the issue - forever.

To the contrary, this plan keeps the commercials fishing the mainstem, AND they will be demanding a larger share of the pie (not all) due to their selectivity. They will have taken the argument that sportsman used in these last allocation hearings before ODFW/WDFW and turned it around against us.

In Oregon, where this initiative will be, there is NO definition of what constitutes 'equitable' harvest, which is the standard the commission is supposed to be guided by in making their decision.

Banning nets is fine, I'm all for getting the bastards out, but it has to be accompanied by a cap or some limit on the commercial take.