Like it or not, having opportunity to harvest is mandatory. If you don't people are going to want to harvest the Nates. The broodstock program supplies that.

How many broodstock pair are needed for XX river? A couple hundred? How many Nates would be taken from that same river through harvest? No question the Broodstock program is the lesser of two evils.

I've got no interest in bonking a native steelhead, but I know lots of people that wouldn't think twice about it.