Selective fishing, including selective commercial fishing, is a great tool, when it's used appropriately. Using it in the LCR in a commercial fishery that is constrained by one thing, and one thing along...allowable ESA impacts...is a waste of time so far as conservation goes, and will definitely make sportfhsing worse.

It only works if it makes more wild fish hit the spawning grounds, or significantly limits the amount of hatchery fish on the spawning grounds, and on the LCR it will do neither. It's sole function will be to reallocate a portion of the sport fleet's hatchery fish to the commercial totes, and no other.

Fish on...

Todd