I agree RG, but for as long as I have known them, the WDF/WDFW salmon folks have been tied to marine harvest. I remember trying to get a fishery in the river for Dungeness Pinks and it was hard because the push was for marine areas. That, and the agency wanted to leave the freshwater salmon alone so they could spawn in peace.

As many have noted, there simply are not enough fish for everybody to get every fish they want. Somebody gets cut off.