Originally Posted By: Salmo g.

Reducing the 15% incidental take of wild ESA springers isn't essential for recovery.


why not ?, if you look on page 124 of the following link the productivity rate of the upper river fish is less than 1 in almost all cases, this 15 percent cant be helping them.


https://pcts.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/pcts-pub/...st%20Ch8-14.pdf