Just to try to give some perspective to the take of listed stocks on the Columbia River, fishing(tribal,non-tribal and sport)is allowed by NMFS 9% of listed spring chinook. Take by the hydro power system of these same stocks is 22% of returning adults. Note this dosen't include kill of migrating smolts by the hydo power system. Another thing to think about is that the fisheries are targeting hatchery fish. If all fishing is stopped to save the listed wild fish, hatcheries will be even more swamped with surplus fish than they are now. The question will be why are we paying to produce all these fish that no one can catch. While I am not a big fan of hatchery fish, without them there would be no salmon fishing on the Columbia or most of the other State waters. The only answer I can see for the short term is for the commercials to be required to use more selective harvest methods(sportfishers are already there). For the long term restore the wild runs to a healthy level, or figure out how to make a consistantly survivable hatchery fish. Or maybe we should let the hatcheries get the high surplus and distribute the carcasses throughout the river system. All you would have to do is convince the tax paying public that those $30-$300 hatchery fish are good fertalizer for the river system!