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lumii tribal member facing charges for illegal netting
jackelope:
maybe some more netters need to get the up-river bail of hay treatment. only problem with that is it makes a mess on the river.
does a number on nets from what i've heard though.
Buckrub:
Like I said...maybe more $$ with everything involved...LOL
Growing up next to the tribe and seeing the shoot and kill anything anytime has soured me a bit. I don't blame the tribes, they are to get what they feel they can, just like everyone else.
A side note:
I wrote a letter to the WDFG with this concept recieved a not so nice letter stating that "it would be impossible to tell the difference between substance and commercial" all BS.
I think the answer is to let them rape it till it's gone....rebuild the fish runs without them and call it ours.
Dman:
I actually like the idea of the Tribe's being co-manager's for one reason. It forces them to work with the State on fisherie's management, rather than ignore the State. Whether it will be a functional relationship remains to be seen. I do know that hatcherie's did not exist when the treaties were written. A clause should be added to Federal treaty laws stating that fish of public hatchery origin (fin clipped) shall be the eminent domain of the State, as they are paid for by tax and license money and did not exist at the time of the treaty agreement. Then tribes with hatchery production capabilities could leave their fish unmarked, as they can harvest the wilds anyway. The tribe's would then argue that the hatchery fish are used to supplement run's that have been lost that were once larger. Well, then once again, they can contribute to the public $$$ pool that has paid for restoration and habitat projects, dam removal, etc... Either way, they need to pony up more effort and $$$ in to fisheries management to harvest the amount of resources that they have been harvesting, or cut back. The point about subsistence is very accurate also. It was never the intention of the treaty rights to guarentee commercial harvesting opportunity, only subsistence. BS the State can't determine that, it's as easy as requiring the tribe's to file all the paperwork and adhere to all the regulations and season's commercial's fish now. Just another excuse.
Just my 3.5 cents
Otto1:
--- Quote from: jackelope on June 08, 2007, 10:32:41 AM ---maybe some more netters need to get the up-river bail of hay treatment. only problem with that is it makes a mess on the river.
does a number on nets from what i've heard though.
--- End quote ---
that is a stupid idea and anyone that does should get whats coming to em.
Is what happens when some knucklehead hillbilly does that, Yea it f's up the net real good and then it has the potenial to pull it from its anchor system and then pull it away and downstream untill it gets caught it some underwater snag and is there catching fish for years. Derelict gear sucks more than illegal nets.
Jackelope, where did you get the above report of this from? I do not see any newslinks or reporters name that wrote it.
Otto1:
now this is ironic
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/80428.html
here is the B-Ham link for the story,
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/88872.html
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