It really depends on the fishery we're talking about.

For some its habitat, some its over fishing, some its mismanagement of existing opportunity. For many its all of the above.

Prime examples of pure gross mismanagement include:

Willapa Chinook
Lake Washington spiny rays
Lowland trout
W. Wa. Hatchery Steelhead
Lake Wa Sockeye
Searun Cutthroat

There are many others, but many of those involve a complex mixture of habitat issues and overfishing

WDFW has earned this license boycott based on their ineptitude and embrace of the status quo in the face of obvious management crisis.

Placing blame on coronavirus aside, it will likely eventualy cost the current director his job. . .