Just got off the phone with Denny, the owner of Wildfire in Port Angeles.

He informed me that steelhead is not a regular menu item in his establishment, but that his seafood supplier ("Preston") had an "extra" fish when he delivered an order of clams, and talked Denny into buying it.

Denny was unaware of how steelhead are harvested in this area, and after I explained to him that the Forks area rivers didn't make their escapement goals (due mainly to the gillnets) he said he would never serve net caught steelhead of any kind, or any wild steelhead in his restaurant ever again...

Kudos to Denny and his staff at Wildfire for doing the right thing! thumbs


Edited by LoweDown (01/16/10 11:24 PM)