Department of Game v. Kautz

Hill, J. —

This is an action by the Department of Game of the State of Washington and the Department of Fisheries of the State of Washington, hereinafter called the Departments, against 12 named individuals and a John Doe, all of whom it is alleged, “have threatened and are fishing extensively in the Nisqually River with set nets and drift nets,” under a claim of special privileges or immunities from the conservation laws of the State of Washington.

The Departments alleged that if the defendants’ net fishing was permitted to continue the anadromous fish1 runs of the Nisqually River would be…