Skeeter, what we Sportsmen are "giving up" is money, lots of it, around $45 or so for every pound of fish we catch. This is money that supports a significant economic sector of the state of Washington. "Wise use" of public resources, that our polititions are so fond of talking about, would dictate that these resources, in this case fish, would be dedicated towards those uses which return the most money to the economy. Our "giving up" catch is about like using greebacks for TP. We are not the ones who should give up, it is the unwise users of public resources, in this particular case commercial fishermen, that return 15 times fewer dollars per pound of fish to the economy than we do, and that use these hatchery produced fish in a manner that returns less to the state economy than it costs to produce them. Absolutely senseless economically and a horrendous waste of tax dollars. There should absolutely never be a commercial fishery on any fish that the sport fishery can fully exploit. It's far past time that our elected officials understood that, and if they can't, unelect them