Rick, as long as there are hatchery fish for harvest and ESA fish in the LCR, the limits will be set by the allowable mortality on the ESA stocks...it's the only way it can be done under the existing regulatory schemes, and the only way out of it would be to stop planting hatchery fish, or massively reduce them...which, of course, would run directly counter to the whole idea of this "selective fishing" idea, which is to put as many fish as possible in the holds of the commercial fishing vessels.

Fish on...

Todd