I agree, and I don't think it ends at harvest methods and/or allocation.

One of things that I was disappointed in (and commented upon), when I read the SSMP, was that the DFW seems to have have made the strategic choice to just accept the current situation where they have little say or impact on upland policy and management. If I understand the situation correctly, on runs like Puget Sound steelhead, habitat is the limiting factor, yet DFW has little regulatory power to affect needed changes.

If, the "commission, director, and the department shall preserve, protect, perpetuate, and manage the wildlife and food fish, game fish, and shellfish in state waters and offshore waters", but don't have the regulatory power to achieve their goals, wouldn't it be a good idea to have the goal of gaining that power? While I recognize that it might be a difficult goal (the DOE and DNR and some of the public might balk), just shrugging their collective shoulders about the situation isn't protecting the resource. A more ambitious outreach plan to gain public support for achieving their goal could help a lot, too.