I asked the question about why comanagement was required and had some time and did some digging and found this article interesting.
This section from the article was stuck out to me:
‘The decision established protocols for the exchange of fisheries information, for calculating harvestable surplus levels, for coordinating scientific investigations, and for resolving disputes.
The tribes and state agreed to mediate disputes, and if mediation fails, either party can ask the court to resolve the matter.‘
The DNR is clearly coming up with justification that is BS just in order to cooperate with the tribes and the comanagement plan. Maybe it’s time for us to take a different approach and push the dnr to get some stones and push back on the tribes on harvest quotas, harvest data, etc. There is no way they truly believe the info they are providing us. It’s time for them to admit the DNR doesn’t agree with the tribes and if the tribes won’t cooperate take it to mediation.
We aren’t going to get netting stopped. I think we should be focusing on our allowable harvest because netting is going to be what it is.
It is clear the lake is healthy and can handle some harvest and some harvest would probably actually be good to prevent another canabilism situation from happening. Bitcing about netting, hooking mortality, the dnr’s bs justifications, etc etc isn’t going to get any changes. That’s been tried and tried. Might be time to call them on their bull and tell them to man up to the tribes and get a fair shake at the comanagement harvest allotments or just get it back in court and work to get the comanagement dropped completely.