We're at the point now where we're demanding it. You have to have that traditional knowledge. We have expertise in our community, which has fished the rivers for as long as the MSA has been on the river as well. Why would you ignore that local knowledge in setting a plan? I have great trouble understanding how year after year we could be told when we are so dependent on the river as a primary food access, “No, we just need another year. We just need another year”. It was supposed to be a five-year plan initially, and look what the numbers exploded to. How can you justify that as a proper management process for any species? As I said, we get one tablespoon of traditional food per member daily. There are 300,000 to 600,00 bass in the river right next to our community, and up to two years ago we were allowed a bycatch of only 200 fish. That's unreal.
On April 1st, 2019. See this statement in context.