7/18/06
******************************************************************************************************* Zeke. you just don't get it...if you read Don's letter of the
18th, that is what we feel, we hope you folks will stay out of this long enough
so we can get things done.. all the pcffa has done is file law suit after law
suit, when we the Oregon troll fleet are in congress with a hold on Magnusson
Stevens trying to get aid to our fleet and yours, you are back there at the same
time lobbying to get it pushed through????when they lift the ESA on coho you
file a suit to get it back. When we started this process of relief for the
fleets the hardest thing we had ahead of us was to let our leaders know that
Oregon is not a part of the pcffa nor ever has been, once we accomplished that,
people were willing to talk to us. we thought that they didn't like fishermen.
but its the pcffa that has made our industry so remote, if you wish to help your
fleet survive this crises then put your energy in to those things, there are
families worrying about how they are going to feed there kids, make there boat
payment, there house payment, put cloth on there children's backs for Christ
sake... the pcffa as we see it has become an environmental group an that's fine
if that's what you want to do, its a free country, but DO NOT do it on the backs
of the Oregon fishermen, and farmers, and I really hope you folks can open up
your eyes at some point and see all the harm you have caused to good working
honest people, with your vision of the Klamath, start representing your boats as
they could use the help, not your personal goals,,,,,,,,,,,,,best of luck in the
future.. Scott Cook
Letter
from Oregon troller Scott Cook, responding to Zeke Grader, Pacific Coast
Federation of Fishermen
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:27:55 -0700, Oregon fisherman Don
wrote:: FYI Onno-Good job on meeting with farmers. I think Jim Moore out
of Bandon was key in getting Walden onboard. Just maybe Glen and his
crew will stay backed off long enough to get something accomplished. See
ya Don
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Don, Onno, et al.
Thanks for forwarding the AP article and Walden
letter regarding a Klamath Summit. I guess
the old saying that "it's better late then never" applies
here. That said, it could do some good.
As some of you may know, we stopped waiting for the
agencies to act and now have two initial meetings set up. One is for
tomorrow in Eureka (actually Bayside) to look at what projects are taking
place in the basin to help the fish, their adequacy and funding as well
as what's missing. It is hoped from this we can get a list to present to Congress
without having to go up each agency's chain of command and fight with other
agency priorities - not unlike what we did with winter-run.
Also I want to see if we can begin developing some
contingency plans such as what to do in when there is an outbreak of
the parasite (rear fish in ponds, trap and truck, find a predator to
eat the host worm, etc.) as well as what to do when the next dry year
hits. This kind of intervention is going to be needed to keep the fish
and the fleet going until the dams come down (10 years at the soonest).
The other is set for Friday in Bodega to look at DNA
sampling/stock identification and perhaps tagging, e.g., radio tags
(that will probably have to wait for a subsequent meeting). The purpose
of this is to look at the science/technology that could be applied to help
us identify with greater accuracy and on a timely basis where there
are stocks of concern (i.e., Klamath) to help us better avoid them while
being able to target on abundant runs. This may be a way of avoiding
the massive closures we're now under trying to get back every last
Klamath fall-run to the river.
OSU's Dr. Michael Banks, who Nat worked with years ago
on winter-run, will be coming along with some others from OSU to
describe your CROOS
(sp?) program and see how we can all coordinate.
The two meetings are the beginning of what I see as a first
of many (the winter-run efforts went on for about 7 years), but I'm
hoping we can get some immediate actions started with these initial
meetings. If any of you are interested in getting the meeting notes,
let us know.
While a summit is probably a good idea, we need to act
now.
If we do things right we should have a list for
Congress in the next few weeks of things that need doing immediately
and a list as well for whatever summit may be convened this fall.
I really appreciate the lines of communication that have been
opened up with you all along with your Governor's office.
Thanks again, Zeke (Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of
Fishermen)