Washington keeps telling anglers that salmon are the crisis. Seasons get cut, access shrinks, and opportunity disappears. Yet every year, public money is sent to whale programs like Soundwatch through the Whale Museum. These programs do not restore habitat, produce fish, or reduce predation. They do not increase salmon survival. This is not an attack on whales. It is a question of priorities. If salmon recovery is the justification, then salmon recovery should be the outcome. Follow the money. A

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