That's about right. The commercials folks went over their allocation by quite a bit. Therefore the sport anglers on the mainstem have to cut back to prevent taking too many listed spring Chinook (Snake Rv or Upper Columbia stocks). The State bios are meeting to determine how they are going to make up the difference. Reducing the # of sport fishing days and closing various section of the river (e.g., above I-5) are being considered.

All of this could be avoided by requiring a more selective gear by the commerical guys. Get rid of the gill nets, switch to trap nets, and this problem goes away. Plus, the commerical guys could catch 100% of their quota with almost zero mortality of wild fish.