I would like to make one more comment on this very sensitive subject... I used to fish the Smith River down in Northern California....NO dams, NO tribal nets...the only fish kill off of the river was from guys like us-sportsfishermen (and women). And yes, I will admit I killed a few steelies (Looking back, too many; 20 or 30). Back in the mid 80's, the creel limit was three per day, no season limit. Now, it is ONE per day, season limit of FIVE (I think). What does that tell us? It implies (I don't have documented facts) that the real culprit is offshore. Granted, the ocean currents have an effect. But in this humble fisherman's view, there is a large impact by the commercial fishery. There has been no logging done on the Smith watershed, so we can't blame them, there is no tribal fishery, so we can't blame them, it is a National Park, so we can't blame habitat destruction, no mining,no dams, etc... Something has obviously decimated the steelhead (and salmon) population...boils down to one of two things in this country boy's eyes....excessive predation (protected seals/sea lions) OR commercial fishing. Just speculating. But as many of y'all have said (told ya I'm a country boy) the biggest problem is overharvest, and I doubt sure as He!! it is the sportsfishermen. I have a simplistic solution (another bandaid really) But if we know someone who REALLY wants a salmon, give them one before they BUY one from a commercial source, be it the white man or a tribal netter. Capitalism is driven by price and demand, if we know someone who absolutely has to have a fish, and we decide to keep one, give it away. I'm not by any means saying kill everything you catch; personally I strongly believe in C&R, but if you know some one who will buy fish, wouldn't it be better to give them one so that they do not support the commercial sources? I know I'm setting myself up on this one, but don't you think that supply and demand will put the netters out of business, along with the fish farms? Do you guys think I'm way out in left field on this? OK, the cross hairs are on the fishin' fool :p