FishnBrad - I'm not sure the Commission can require a complete closure unless they declare a particular river off limits to anglers. I'm not sure how you can require someone not to catch steelhead. They can require "zero possession", which is the same as C&R. Until someone outlaws fishing entirely, steelhead will continue to be caught by anglers. However, for the next two years, all non-clipped (wild) steelhead must be immediately released.

I would go as far as saying that all wild salmon and steelhead should be released. In fact, that's what I do. If I land a salmon or steelhead that I know is a wild fish, it goes back. Unfortunately, I don't always know whether fall Chinook are wild since they're not marked. But I don't usually catch many fall Chinook that are in good enough shape to keep. So the hatchery brats go back with the wild ones.