Recreational fishermen are working with tribal leaders to help the salmon.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The state’s struggling salmon population is turning longtime rivals into allies.
Members of the Billy Frank Jr. Salmon Coalition include recreational fishermen and tribal members.
“It was long overdue,” said member Ron Garner, president of the Puget Sound Anglers.
Garner said for too long commercial and recreational tribes blamed tribes for depleting the state’s salmon population.
“We’ve got this finger-pointing going on, that it’s always somebody else’s fault,” Garner said.
Coalition member Glen Gobin, a former council member of the Tulalip Tribes, said tribes
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