They become a huge factor only when so few fish are left for the fishermen to catch.
It's this last option -- the middle ground -- that's the real key.
A capacity reduction is essential and everyone knows it, not only for protection of the resource itself but for the ability of any single captain to make a living. At present, it simply is not working.
It's a diversionary tactic. The administration has done everything it can ... to avoid dealing with the big issue in the Columbia (Basin), and that is the dams.
Hatcheries were intended to replace habitat behind dams. If they close all the hatcheries, we want some dams down, too.
It's all a sign that this river is dying. We have to do something about it as soon as possible or we will have continuing disasters on the Klamath.
The administration is not paying attention to the laws of biodiversity. It's paying far more attention to the laws of political expediency.
A lot of people are going to lose their jobs. It will mean ocean-catch salmon will be much harder to get. And it will be much more expensive.
It's by no means certain there will be a season, and even if there is, it will be at the low end of last year's numbers.
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