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halibuthitman
Well-known member
I apologize for anyone offended by my uneducated comment on an earlier post, ignorance on the subject, not in general is what I intended.
Now, as for a goverment imposed ban..... your not going to get it, it has been tried in at least 10 fisheries, I was active in 2 movements and it is as simple as this, congressmen and senators promise industry and jobs, not the destruction of them, they know if they axe the gillnetters we will be after farmers and loggers next ( destruction of habitat ) the gillnetters are the line in the sand and they will dance around for years but will do nothing. and if thats not enough, many of your columbia river gillnetters are working under u.s native treaties.... to champion a cause once again breaking a treaty is political suicide and we all know politicans only do that with cocaine and call girls. Now, a system that has worked in both the bering sea king crab fishery and the trawle fleet is a goverment buy back plan, the states of washington and oregon simply buy the rights and the boats back from these individuals, as more sell out their cause becomes weaker and then obsolete. The holdouts simply fold due to the pressure of no allies or friends, this would cost millions and could be paid for in boat, license and launch taxes. this is the only formula that is gonna produce a result in this century. and just in case you didn't know, japanese drift nets and bering sea pollack trawlers catch 500 king salmon for every river gill net, so when you beat the little guys are you gonna finish the game with the major league boys? -good fishin
Now, as for a goverment imposed ban..... your not going to get it, it has been tried in at least 10 fisheries, I was active in 2 movements and it is as simple as this, congressmen and senators promise industry and jobs, not the destruction of them, they know if they axe the gillnetters we will be after farmers and loggers next ( destruction of habitat ) the gillnetters are the line in the sand and they will dance around for years but will do nothing. and if thats not enough, many of your columbia river gillnetters are working under u.s native treaties.... to champion a cause once again breaking a treaty is political suicide and we all know politicans only do that with cocaine and call girls. Now, a system that has worked in both the bering sea king crab fishery and the trawle fleet is a goverment buy back plan, the states of washington and oregon simply buy the rights and the boats back from these individuals, as more sell out their cause becomes weaker and then obsolete. The holdouts simply fold due to the pressure of no allies or friends, this would cost millions and could be paid for in boat, license and launch taxes. this is the only formula that is gonna produce a result in this century. and just in case you didn't know, japanese drift nets and bering sea pollack trawlers catch 500 king salmon for every river gill net, so when you beat the little guys are you gonna finish the game with the major league boys? -good fishin