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halibuthitman
I've been saying the same thing. I wont start on my feelings towards the people across the sea, I would get banned from site's in all 50 states! But man oh man, If I could put a stop to what they do!!
I think it's You!!Its quite interesting that 11 months ago 95% of Japans north pacific drift fleet was demolished in a Tsunami... and androminous fish runs have been astonishing ever since.. hmmmmm couldn't have anything to do with this:think: I have seen more fish in the lewis and clarke river than I ever have, the N fork Nehalem has been ridiculous, I had a 16 fish day on gnat creek, big creek was almost stupid with how simple it was to catch a fish, 3 steel in 5 casts... where does that happen? and several more undercover creeks and rivers have been banging as well. so im gonna make some predictions, the springer return to the willy will be 20% higher than forecast.. The john day and big D will see the biggest summer returns in 35 years.. and the cowlitz will be simply mind boggling... you can make fun of me if im wrong... but I think we will soon see WHO is actually getting all of our fish, wait until one cycle of coho comes in... we,ll see- Good fishing- Brad
in just one northern port 80% of their off shore fleet was destroyed... oh, and im not wikipedia but since I sell 8 million pounds of seafood worldwide and Japan is my biggest market, and last year was the biggest year for me in my career I can assure you japans proffesional corprate fishing industry is in shambles.. it has made a huge impact.. out of japans fishing ports only 2% even export their product out of their province and most of the fishermen rarely get out of sight of land...found this on wiki about the tsunami:
A total of 319 fishing ports, about 10% of Japan's fishing ports, were damaged in the disaster.
so, probably not affecting their take very much.
Interesting idea, I hope you're right!
I don't know if I buy that 95% of their fleet was destroyed though, wasn't the tsunami kind of limited to one area?
And more steelhead because of fewer drift nets, I doubt it since steelhead aren't targeted much in the ocean.