I think the WDFW missed the forest for the trees on this one. If the intent is to protect salmon that are required to be released, why not implement a reg that makes it illegal to remove from the water any salmon not legal to be kept. It is easy to release these fish by tailing and using a pair of long handled pliers to pop even a barbless hook out. I have seen many "protected" chinook in Area 10 over teh last few years that are caught (presumably on barbless hooks), then netted, pulled aboard, dumped out, de-hooked, passed around for a couple of minutes for pictures, then released. I suspect may more salmon are killed this way than through using barbed hooks.