Steelspanker,

Not trying to speak for Todd, but I'm sure we both agree that ending gillnetting of the LCR would be the first major advance in LCR fish management in about 100 years. Maybe CCA can help with that; maybe not; we don't know. If they head that direction, they'll have more help than they know what to do with (I hope). Ending non-treaty gillnetting in PS won't do much for conservation and may occasionally make a few more fish available for sport harvest, but not enough to be worth the effort - thinking in terms of bang for the buck and hours expended. Ending the HC gillnet and purse seine fishery might do more for conservation. I'm not sure. I don't have enough information to make an informed estimate. But a lot of wild chum and coho are caught in the hatchery chum wipe out fishery there. I guess I'm advising that we organize and expend our collective energies where it will really do the most good.

Sg