Salmo G. Thanks for your response. Illuminating as usual.

Good thoughts from everyone.....It has prompted me to do more research on the subject at least.

PNP- I understand your feelings on the subject. The main problem with these fisheries, ours included, is compliance with the regs. Sports fishing still has a much higher compliance rate than the commercials. Since a ban on commercial fishing for springers is unrealistic, an alternative approach may be necessary. What type of net is better? The most effective net for chinook seems to be a tangle net that kills steelhead. A gill net may save more steelies. Mesh size and color seems to play an important role. My final take on it for my .02 is that manadatory on board monitoring should be required of commercials. I found this interesting reading....

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/commercial/selective/tangleprogress1.pdf