I think WDFW should manage salmonids with the conservation of the wild fish in mind for each river system individually.

For steelhead after you fill your first card you can get another card AFTER you return your first card. Each additional card is for hatchery fish only.

I think all cards should be free with incentives for those who return them. Maybe you don't get one the next year until you return the one from the year before. These cards are data for the managers. The more data they have, the better job they can do with managing the resource.

This might be a side issue but as far as funding goes I think the licenses now are a bargain. If funding is lacking for your favorite program then I think we should step up to the plate and pay more for a base license.

As far as increasing the yearly limits producing a "meat mentality", guess what, it's there now, was there yesterday, will be there tomorrow. Human nature.