Ok I,ll play to.

lets say we keep the hatcheries going long enough to get rid of the nets. Do you really think were going to have any fish to fish for if they close the hatcheries without addressing the damn net problem first? That would be like sending in the humanitarian aid into Iraq before the military. There has got to be priorities and things have to be done in proper order otherwise its all for not!


Liberals

Actually wildfish don't do it for free anymore......somewhere around $500 million per year is being spent on wildfish restoration in the Pacific Northwest. And we've been spending that amount since the mid 90's. I really wonder if anyone has the answer to when that number will ever go away if ever?
SalmoG? Smalma? Ramon? Anyone?

Its like there's three of me this year...

Elkrun,

I'm not suggesting that it's selfish to want to fish. It's the apparent attitude of some of the posters who seem to value their opportunity to fish far more than the fishery resource itself. I value my fishing opportunity a lot, also. However, if I and most of you don't place a higher value on the resource than the opportunity, is it reasonable to expect to sustain a resource into the future? This is not about feeling guilty for wanting to fish; it's about the common sense application that without fish, the opportunity isn't worth much.

And it just cracks me up that so many anglers rush to judge WT's allegations as bullsh!t because they disagree with them, not because they know what flaws there may actually be. Responses like that make fishermen in general look like a bunch of dimbulbs. No wonder political groups don't take us seriously - we're no threat to anyone but ourselves - and a few fish.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.