Wdfw does include hooking mortality in their numbers(not harvest numbers) when they figure total run size and escapement etc.
Can't do anything about the nets without an act of congress--- so that argument is senseless. So your telling me that you think that fisherman (maybe you) from Seattle will drive to the Forks area and catch a fish in the first 5 minutes (have to bonk the first one) and start their drive home and be happy with their experience.