After reading such a literate, well thought-out, passionate pleading I am unable to come up with a single reason why this harvest is not allowed.

I'm afraid that I need to be dumb here. What happens to a salmon jack? Does it die with the mature adults, or does it drift back out to sea? Sorry I don't know myself.
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Get Bent Tackle whōre. Just added spinner section, where you can special order to your hearts content!