Could buget cuts end steelheading in Puget Sound rivers?
Department Director, Phil Anderson, said cuts might include 20 wildlife enforcement jobs, closure of seven to 11 fish hatcheries, the elimination of steelhead fishing in Puget Sound tributaries and closure of some of the agency’s 700 public access areas.
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Matt Martin says
Why cant the Fish and Game Commisioners be elected instead of appointed by the Goveners? Does anyone know how many poaching cases get prosecuted each year? Some of this stuff seems so blatant and no one is there to nail anyone.
Matt
Joe says
If fishing license fees went to fish management and resources, instead of the general
fund, mainly Social Services, they would have the money !!!!!