I found Curt's info on potential steelhead parr mortality due to incidential catching in bait fisheries very interesting. Also the extremely short[we were running out of time] info on the reduction in the numbers of residulized rainbows in our Puget Sound rivers. If steelhead parr and smolt numbers are down then more residualized rainbow "smolts" go to sea. They are [if available!] the steelheads safety net. Curt did some intro information on recruit/spawner/escapement in relationship to
MSY/equalibrium/carrying capacity and asked the group of 30 to 35 people[all interested in steelhead and semi informed] where they would prefer to see escapement goals set on the curve and recieved 15 different answers. No wonder he can't please any of us. I believe he does err on the side of the fish------ I guess you just should of been there!! THANKS SO MUCH CURT