Forget the commercial fisherman and forget the gillnets. Arguments that include them are off the topic at hand (The moritorium against the "sportfishing" harvest of wild steelhead).

The ONLY impact on steelhead that succesfully accend their natal streams is OUR harvest of them. We are it, man, the last domino between them and "sex on the redd," and our negative effect on their population has been greater than you might think. Think about it. The native winter steelhead that are so abundant imediately after a high water event are present because the the gillnetters cannot fish under flood conditions. This hydrology is not going to change in the future. If all those fish are released instead of being killed their numbers will grow exponentially. Take responsibility, folks.