CWF,

Thanks. Like I said, just wanted to better understand the issues.

Eddie, thanks for the explaination. Your right, it is a very slight distinction. That distinction (as I understand it) being that there could be WSR in place and not a single CnR or open season anywhere in the state, the other being a season with WSR as a requirement.

My opinion, for what its worth, is NO PROGRAM is going to have much of an effect (overall) until the non-tribal commercial AND tribal gillnets are BANNED from being in waters that could potentially contain Wild Steelhead.

If it takes a Federal mandate to achieve this, then we (as a single entity) must take the shortest path to achieve that end. It does seem to me that by the time all of these individual groups and state departments get through with all their "studies" there won't be a reasonable gene pool of fish left.

In essence (IMHO), there is too much discussion on the definition of what a "fire" is, or isn't, going on...while Rome burns.

Mike B