We have current laws. I hope your are not suggesting that more commercials going to the columbia would entitle all of them to more fish. When the impacts are reached they are done. Add more nets to the river and the impacts will be reached very shortly. I know its convenient to overlook the support that the commission has given the anglers and its important to remember, they set the policy for the allocation pecentages, which the directors negotiates with Oregon.

To refresh your memory this is a copy of the legislation that cca submitted in 2009 and was not acted on. In 2010, it was scheduled for hearings but did not make it out of committee. It was the same year the house committee took testimony on a commercial fishers competing bill and that was not voted on. We would be no closer to the GEAR being used than we are now, but the legislation would have been updated and strengthen support for sport fishing in this state and it was the CCA that brought forth this bill. New sections are new language, Amendments are underlined and repealed language has a line in it. Its 8 pages long. Most of the changes are on pages 1 2 3 4 and 8

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2266.pdf