run_a_bait -
Under that philosphy then the ocean, Neah Bay, Sekiu, area 9, area 10, etc should never open. There is no way to have timely test fisheries for any of those fisheries to have certainty. There would also never be a summer steelhead fishery and any winter steelhead would be limited to after the first of the year for hatchery and even later for the wilds to allow time for test fisheries to determine run sizes so that we can know if run sizes are large enough to safely fish.

Are you seriously suggesting that fisheries be managed that way? If so how and who would do the various test fisheries?

Tight lines
Curt