Jacob, I would not be so quick to say that the sportsfishermen have nothing to do with the decline in wild steelhead. I'm not saying that we are the primary reason, but without question we have an impact. I would recommend that you look at what happened to the great late winter run on the Nisqually. In that case, I don't think that there is much doubt that the sports pressure was the main impact on the decline of wild steelhead.

The other issue that has been brought up here is one of credibility. If we, as a sportsfishing community, say that we have no responsibility for the recovery, how can we expect the other user groups to make effort for recovery?