write a fat check and maybe you can ban commercial fishing on the Columbia. They will sit out beyond the mouth of the river and it wont change a dam thing. Alaska catches 60 percent of the kings coming to CR and PS. Commercial have already been told, selective or you dont fish. Safe areas plants are being increased with surplus fish. Selective gear in those areas will help sports keep the season open longer.

Right now, this minute, if the sports were not fishing selective for clipped KINGs in the ocean, the season would be closed.

Im not happy about losing some of the hatchery fisheries, but the govt itself and scientist have already determined what they are going to do. With recovery, there will eventually be some wild fish seasons, but the escapement numbers are different for each river.

Bottom line. you are pissing on the wrong people.