The important data that an observer could collect would be the number of wild fish caught and kept or released. This could then be referenced to the amount of fish kept for sale and that way the real impact on ESA fish could be documented. Allowing the fishers who know that a high mortality count would shut them down is just plain naive. Or it could be viewed as collusion between Region 5 WDFW and the gillnetters to do whatever it takes to keep that commercial season intact...that is the scenario I feel is closer to the truth. Whatever it takes means appealing to NOAA for a tripling of ESA mortality impact as WDFW did and minimizing oversight of the fishery which it appears both WDFW and ODFW are doing.