I'm a fisherman and I'm not opposed. I already have to pay 250$ a year for an Alaska crew member lisence....
were already used to the crewman's lisence. Congrats on the new addition Jeepster.
Hey thanks man. Yeah not looking like I will be able to go seining up north this coming year, kid happens first week in July or so... Maybe I will be able to find a crabber or something for the fall...
In all reality, if you are gearing up for a commercial fishing season, when it's all said and done after you buy boots, rain gear, gloves, sweatshirts and pants, socks, knives, and all of the required gear, shelling out a hundred bucks or so really isn't that big of a deal, considering that you will make back that 200$ or whatever the cost of the lisence is in the first day of fishing.
When I go up to alaska for a season, I usually have to spend 1000$ or more in gear regardless, sometimes I can save some cash by raiding the gear pile in the shed, but when it's all said and done, you are gonna blow the cost of the lisence at the bar one way or another, it's not money you are going to miss, it's just another thing factored into the season, and it's 250$ or so that you get to write off on your taxes.
Commercial fishing in Washington obviously isn't as lucrative as up in alaska, but either way, you are making money, fishing has a lot of expenses, at the end of the season, 200-300$ for a crew member lisence just really isn't that big of a deal
Washington is a joke, the way we deal with the commercial fisheries here is pathetic, the way we manage our hatcheries is disgusting. Any extra little bit might help, it's doubtful, but it's a start. What really needs to be done is get the feather heads and Cowboys on the same level, make the Indians play the same game we have to. The Indians are a major part of why our commercial fisheries here are so screwed up. They don't condribute into the system, they net rivers 6 days a week and complain about no fish. Get rid of this tribal stuff, and put everybody on the same page
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