I fish the Smith river in California and the Chetco in Oregon. There is no tribal netting in these rivers. No dams and the headwaters are in good shape. Still there is a decine in the native steelhead. This poses the question: Whats happening offshore? I commercialy trawled for shrimp in Oregon and Washngton for number of years and took major tonnage of shrimp out of the Biomass. We also had a little thing called bycatch. Out of 3,000 lb tow we would have 500-1,000 lbs of shrimp the rest would go overboard. The rest being smelt, small rock fish, hake and God knows what else. The juvenile steelheed leave the river into a desert. This is a mutifaceted problem with no simple solutions, but "the jouney of 1,000 miles begins with a single step" I DON'T KILL WILD STEELHEAD. I can do one thing then take the next step.

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IB

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