...I agree, or any other commercial fishing technique that has negligible conservation benefits coupled with increased commercial harvest. The low percentage per encounter that die in seines die just as dead as the high percentage per encounter deaths that occur with the gillnets, and the greatly increased encounter rate being contemplated with the seines will result in the same amount dying, just as dead.

The fact that the non-tribal commercials can sell fish is not in any way a justification for them being there to do so...they could sell wild salmon, steelhead, and eagle eggs for omelets, too, but that doesn't mean it makes any sense conservation-wise.

Fish on...

Todd