Northwest Dive Club

So sorry for all involved. Be careful out there folks.

So sorry.

Sorry about the loss. Always a horrible situation.

So sorry for the loss of your friends. It is always hard, always sad.

Just to clarify, the man giving the briefing to WDFW commissioners was Craig Burley, not "Bargman". I would assume you were talking about Greg Bargmann, who retired from WDFW a few years ago. You are correct on Burley, my apologies. We drop thousands of dollars fishing compare to our divi...

Fishmen actually pay for those tracking methods on fish and crab through license fees. Puget Sound crab enhancement being one of them. Some would suggest no need for divers to pay anything, yet two major groups have to do the heavy lifting for other groups who pay nothing for conservation. We all us...

TVW is great. I liked the fact that they covered all sides of the issue, and Miranda specifically got Bargman on record that there was no conservation issue as to the closures. What I didn't like was that fact that this sets a dangerous precedence for future closures where no facts are stated as to ...

I'm not trying to be devisive. My apologies if I came off in that manner. What I am trying to say is that if you can show the economic impact you have to the powers that be, they will take you more seriously. If you have no data that supports your claim that divers represent an economic opportunity,...

Folks pay a Discover Pass fee to go onto State land. This is for any DNR or State park land. That is public land, is it not? Why should it be free? It is $35 with the vendor fee for a year. Chaps my hide that I pay that without a discount after already paying heaviliy to the WDFW of licenses and tag...

Good point Cap'n Jack, but I don't hunt in popular areas. Most folks don't for the reasons stated. I just see it as yet another incremental attack on our ability to put food on the table in a manner we see fit. There is no best available science to support it. Post a sign, or signs, make it an honor...

Take care, do what they say, and your recovery should be pretty straightforward. My mom has had 3 bouts of cancer, Hodgkins, breast, and thyroid, over the past 25 years.

Keep your spirits up and don't let it get you down.

Thanks for the heads up! Submitted my comments the the WDFW to keep the staus quo. Primary reason, nobody has given any scientific reason for a change in the policy. Harvest is minimal and generally incidental, there is no active and directed commercial fishery for them, and there is no imminent thr...

Got the data from WDFW. Its gotta be correct, right? 1998-2000 an average of 100lbs harvested commercially. Between 2007-2011 less than 50lbs annually. Multiply by 5 to be liberal on the harvest, and you get to 5-10 animals each year based on 50lbs per GPO. http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings/201...

And if someone could help me in understanding how many of these octos are realistically being pulled from these waters annually? I believe that the harvest estimate was 50-100lbs annually. which means 5-10 animals. In this circular from WDFW, http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/octopus/gpo_t...

They discussed this issue at last Friday's WDFW commission meeting.

Looking forward to diving with you folks.