I would be interested on what kind of response you receive.

I feel if a crab harvest is managed per region, so should the steelhead harvest. Currently the steelhead harvest is managed statewide per year. So the overharvest of the tribes during the winter is diluted in the numbers, when the state as a whole is examined. Look at the pretty graph http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/fish/harvest/98-99/99shs-f.htm
Every river should be treated as a separate region, and harvest after escapement should be managed accordingly.(if one is going to manage a watershed in terms of harvest) As it currently is , the state allows the overharvest of certain regions, arguing the sportsmen make up for it in other regions, during the other months of the year. This logic allows for certain wild strains to be overharvested. Poor management

If you want to be shocked, look at some of the tribal numbers(or should I say reported numbers) http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/fish/harvest/98-99/99shs-e.htm
Look at the total catch in the Queets. I wonder why escapment is so close.

[This message has been edited by KORE (edited 03-01-2001).]