THe most ironic part of this whole ordeal was CA F & G was sued because they were incompetent in thier salmon, steelhead and trout planting and hatchery management. And that is why they lost, because they are incompetent. There were like over 100 biological concerns listed, all of them CA F & G issues. All of them. The suit did not mention private pond, private fish hatcheries or anything even remotely related to them. In fact, all of it was dealing with public lakes and rivers, and watersheds. So they decide, like the Patriot Act, we will just take away everyone's rights, because we can, because the government is here to help you.
One of the hardest hit areas in my state is Northwest. Ft. Bragg, Humbolt and Mendicino. They already hate the government, would rather shoot any government employee than look at them. They had, and I mena had two primary industries, logging and fishing. First the land shoe drops because of the spotted owl. So timber industry collapses. Everyone is out of work, including my uncle who was at a sawmill as a mechanic his entire life. Then the second shoe drops with the entire closing of the Salmon fishing. The same salmon CA F and G are supposed to be planting and monitoring. That is what the hatcheries are for. That and trout. So every fishing boat, every party boat, dock worker, marina, cannery worker all the way down the line is out of work, done in one CA F & G nightmare. So now they either grow pot or remember what is was like having income.
CA F & G does not just constantly shoot themselves in the foot, they gather everyone around they can and have a hand grenade hot potato game. Pulling pins and tossing. They almost have nothing left to blow up. I guess that is why they twisted a lawsuit loss around to take away rights of private landowners and wipe out another industry. Out of the top ten fish farms around me, in less than 1 year all but one have gone food fish or closed. Going to be just like the salmon fleet and party boat fleet, a memory.
