ltlcleo-
You have hit the nail squarely on its head. We do need something to govern our fisheries. My guidelines were a suggestion of what that "something" might look like.

The trick is to be able to articulate clearly what we want the populations to look like given the biological limitations of the system. Once that is decided then we need "rules" by which to make choices. Science, even when flawed, is the best we have to base those "rules" upon. The only other option is to rely on the self serving desires of the most vocal user group. I would submit that our wild steelhead resource is to important for that.

Tight lines
Smalma