Even though Im not a WA resident Im all for the moratorium. There is no need to kill a wild steelhead when there are plenty of hatchery fish to be had.

The fish need help to recover. I dont know what the regs are regarding trout fishing in the rivers. Many smolts are killed by people who think they are trout. Oregon pretty much stopped trout fishing in streams that have steelhead and the numbers of fish increased big time.

Another thing is the tribal netters. Get then out of the rivers and the fish will make a huge comeback. It just blows me away that anyone, Native American or not can and will net in a river. You would think that there is some way to stop the nets.