The failure to follow scientific advice and the fish kills of 2002 is now being put onto the backs of family fishermen by taking away their livelihood.
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The federal government has done absolutely nothing to help, and fishermen are angry. It's almost like they created this Klamath situation to make them look competent on Katrina.Zeke Grader
The wet winter does give us time to sit down with them and see how we can meet those requirements.
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Year in, year out, salmon is the one that they depend upon. It's their anchor fishery.
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We warned the (Bush) administration and federal agencies that there would be trouble from their policies, but we were met with indifference, inaction and silence. Unless they start fixing things, we're not going to be pointing fingers -- we're going to be kicking ass.
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This is why it's so important to us to try to get the Klamath restored. We're talking about most of Oregon and California being shut down by this.
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