Sekiu gets 10 times the pressure as Neah bay, and neah has a 26" minimum size limit. I'm not sure on the exact numbers but I think the quota is bigger at Neah too. No way is this an attack on small boat owners. You can fish a smaller boat at Neah, you just cant always take it out into the ocean. If you watch the marine forecasts daily, you'll see that the central strait (sekiu/PA) has a lot more small craft advisories than the west entrance (neah). Nearly every afternoon the wind picks up in the central strait and it gets bumpy. Most people just dont like the extra half hour on that crappy road out to the reservation.

If you watch, the area 6 fishery will close before the big fish show because everyone is keeping 8lb blackmouth... There are a lot of them and they are easy to catch.

Area 4 has the right idea in raising the minimum size....

As far as the hatchery/wild fish question.... in a perfect world everyone would like to see all wild fish. It isn't a perfect world I'm afraid....