I remember the rumors of the high seas drift net intercepts. Was always curious, but facts were/are hard to find. Those boats are secretive and don't give a damn what there catching or where they came from. I'm surprised they let any observers on board, period. Was the total fish you observed only 50? Or, is that what you could only get access to? It would be difficult to see steelhead in a huge dump of salmon, them all being chrome bright, unless given the opportunity to sort. Understandedly, one would not want to rock the boat as a guest observer on board.