I will preface this with an acknowledgement on my part that there is an emergency, and I would not fish it even if the rivers were open.

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"We don't have the data to classify the situation there as an emergency conservation issue, even though there is a conservation issue,"

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however, if there is no emergency, then why did the sportsmen take it in the shorts? political BS

Kudo's to Bob(and others) for getting some exposure on the issue