Todd/Kev-
In this case landed means fish brought to the dock. The 3,500 chinook quota means that many can be kept. If the mark rate (% clipped) is 25% then to "land" 3,500 fish 10,500 will be caught and released (hopefully successfully).

Todd -
Given your concern for wild fish and concerns about past fisheries management I am very surprised that you are advocating the mis-reporting of encounters (fish caught and released). Two issues

- if anglers insist on giving the managers poor information the managers will have little chance of managing correctly -crappy information equals crappy management.

-more importantly success of selective fisheries means taking care of the wild fish (protecting them to spawn). If a fishery is killing too many are you advocating that is OK (don't report encounters) as long as fishing continues?

I realize that many apply a different conservation standards to steelhead than salmon however I find you statement completely counter to the principles of wild fish protection and management and sincerely hope that it is only yours and not representative of those in WSC.

Tight lines
Smalma