I think all this blame of the snaggers, netters, tribes, etc is barking up the wrong tree.

Regardless of the growth numbers, the human population has grown tremendously in this state. WIth that has come development, logging, dams, etc. This development has destroyed fish habitat and continues to do so. Its not overfishing that has caused long term decline in salmonid, its degraded habitat.

The cause of degraded habitat is human activity which is chiefly driven by human population growth.

I think we could all quit fishing today and with the current status quo of development salmonid populations would continue to decline.
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