PSA is an excellent organization, which has done more for sportfishing than most other groups. I am an active member and was a voting member on the PSA State Board meeting issue on the steelhead moratorium. I voted against the moratorium for the plain and simple fact in which it was done. I was at the Port Townsend commission meeting when the busloads of fishermen came in and one after another had their three minutes say to ban keeping of all wild steelhead. This was not even on the agenda. But then again commission meetings can be about anything. None of us were ready to comment or had any other input to share on this topic. I figured that there would be an outcome of information to review, study, and comment on later. This never happened. There are avenues that things of this nature are supposed to go down to make sure that the best sound science is used. Once again the commission went around it to make the decision without sound science or full review. Lets look at this another way, If those fishermen at the commission meeting had all been environmentalists and came in busload after busload and said to ban all steelhead fishing, period, in Washington State, and close all rivers, would your opinion still be the same? These are factors that need to be addressed in the proper manor. I love catching steelhead just as much as anyone. I don’t have a problem with releasing fish. I personally enjoy catching much more than eating them. We need to make sure our checks and balances are just that. River by river should be rated case by case. If almost all rivers are not sustainable runs, then we should shut them down. Leaving a few rivers left to keep would surly decimate the ones left. This vote was more on the way the mandate was done rather than the issue.