Perghaps we need it. Mortality rates can vary quite a bit under different gear and handling methods.

If you fish divers & bait you are allowed to C&R one fish daily.

If you fish drifted bait with larger barbless hooks, you can C&R two.

If you fish artificials of any sort with larger hooks, no barbs, and ar least 10 lb. line, you can C&R five.

You're allowed one extra C&R'd fish if you use a C&R style net, one less if you don't.

Welcome to the world of regulations that people in this state have never seen the likes of ... kind of like Alaska.

Or maybe we just all fish "smart", kill all the brats we can legally take, let the wild ones go ... and those rivers that aren't faced with messes of other troubles will likely many more years of viable fishing