Spartan,

I have to take issue with your claim that all netting was done far out at sea prior to WWII. That simply is not true. Gillnets and seines have been used on the lower Columbia River and in Puget Sound since the late 1800s. In addition, fish wheels were used on the Columbia River and fish traps in Puget Sound until about 1927.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.