After reading the article I fail to see how this is a problem with recreational fishermen. If you read through the list of citations the only one mentioned is one for commercially caught sport fish. Also, if you see the timing of when this operation was conducted was in April. Huuum, what kind of fishery is going on at that time of the year? Could it be springers in the CR? Almost all recreational fishers are going to be hanging on to the few each individual catches. However, there is tremendous profit to made selling commercially caught wild fish out the back door. People will pay good money for "wild caught spring salmon." Notice I didn't say "wild spring salmon." Once that fish gets served on a plate most people would not be able to tell you if that was a hatchery or wild fish. There are alot of struggling establishments out there willing to cut corners because the risk of getting caught is quite small. In this case some of them did.

Bottom line is we need to get rid of all gillnets and switch to a selective harvest of hatchery fish and eliminate the temptation to harvest wild fish no matter what is in season. If we maintain the present course it's only a matter of time before there won't be enough fish left for anyone to fight over.