I think hooking mortality is worst for coho up in Sekiu for the selective coho fishery. It seems like I've had better luck with chinook releasing them unharmed... although really small chinook (9-12 inches or so) are sometimes hurt pretty bad while we are fishing coho.

I've wondered about the effectiveness of selective fisheries in the salt. Salmon are pretty prone to injury before hitting freshwater, and many fishermen cannot unhook salmon without netting them first (you've all seen the people that net the fish first and then look to see if it's clipped). Of course, when I read about people hooking 100 salmon in a day up at Neah Bay, maybe it's not selective fisheries that are the problem.