Todd -
excellent point that many folks seem to miss. The only real way that selective fisheries contribute to "conservation " of listed stocks that are managed with minimal allowable impacts is by removing more hatchery fish from the natural spawning populations while staying within those allowable impacts.

Of course if that is the way to achieve those "conservation" benefits then the managers need to give those fisheries that have the lowest release mortality the largest share of the allowable impacts. When the commercial fisheries become more selective (lower release mortalities) guess who will get more of the allocation pie because of the increased "conservation" benefits?

tight lines
Curt