Wow, they responded:

Thank you for your email correspondence regarding the steelhead license plate.

As we do understand there are many species that are great potentials for the new license plate series, we found it necessary to limit our designs at this time to two, as time constraints of getting signatures and the submittal deadline to the Department of Licensing, Special License Plate Review Board, did not allow us time to create additional designs.

At this time, the Fish Program will submit two new license plate designs, the salmon and crab license plates. These designs are the first of what we view as many possible new license plate designs.

Once the salmon and crab license plate designs are approved by the Special License Plate Review Board, they will then be provided to the 2005 Legislature as a bill for final deliberation.

We will keep you informed of the process mentioned above along with a notification of when the second round of designs will be available.

Thank you for your comments,
Christy Vassar
WDFW, Fish Program