RA3,

My point is not really about the actual percentage of CnR mortality. I was refering to Todds comments, that actual harvest numbers probably are higher than reported. Not all CnR fishermen are card-carrying experts like you(I think your card says PETA at the top). So I expect CnR mortality is higher than you think. There are plenty of threads to see the commennts of experts here, I'm not looking to discuss percentages.

This may very well be a culture conflict. You said:

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Anyone who wants to harvest wild steelhead in the state of washington is wrong and by deffinition does not care about the future of wild runs. No matter what other conservation issues they may be involved with.. The purpose of saving wild steelhead is NOT so that they can some day be harvested. it's so that they will exsist for as long as possible..
harvesting them is an act of stupidity
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Rob, I dont know how to tell you this without making you cry, but that is the biggest bunch of crap I've ever read. If this is what your position believes, then it is a culture problem. It's a fish. If harvesting them is legal, some of us will do what man has done for thousands of years. We will eat them. And if you ever again say that I or anyone who bought a license to do so, is wrong for eating a fish, your going to hear from me.

WSR is proof to me if you dont participate, you better lubricate. Your view is the minority. I can respect your passion, I can support improvements in our management of fisheries. I cannot see your hypocritical need to treat these fish as pets, and expect everyone else to do the same.


Hairlip.