Subject: Re: Northwest Coast Fisheries discussion

From: [email-masked] (AKruk)
Date: 6 Nov 1995 09:48:12 -0500

Hi -
I believe that the Federal Government, with local support, needs to
support the species in danger by prohibited fishing of the chinook salmon.
Not only are waterways by definition not confined to state boundaries, but
the salmon travels across state boundaries. It is therefore not the right
of Alaska or any other state to impose their definition of population
control.
In general, humans should not attempt to control the population of any
species other than their own-we need to stop reducing, and then trying to
artificially increase ( usually through weak, bad gene pools) any species.
My vote is to tell Alaska that they are out of bounds to get involved in
any way. State economic interests can be served by redirecting resources
towards activities that enhance rather than degrade the environment, such
as Oregan has successfully done after the Spotted Owl won out over logging
interests.