WDFW does use the catch record card information to help estimate catches and assign quotas.. Check the example of the crab catch record card. When that was first used they discovered that they had been overestimating the sport catch by a mile and they made adjustments. The tribes *****ed alot and tried to get around the resulting seasons as they always seem to do but the point is that the catch record cards did make a difference. So turn them in for heavens sake. If you think this is some big government conspiracy get help quick.