Very good words from Bob and Doug Rose. In the case of the latter, moving to say the least. Things to take to heart in each case.

Slavery used to be legal, dwell on that for a while.

Those that are most closely in touch with the resource are in the best position to make judgements as to it's health. In my neck of the woods, kings are headed downhill, and fairly fast. ADF&G has yet to really realize or at least act on that. Based on my first hand experience over a decade or so, it is apparent. I have an unwritten policy on my boats during both work and personal time, that we don't kill the big ones. Big in this case meaning 30 pounds and over. I have yet to have someone complain as they usually get to take fish home, and also because I explain the reason for this policy and most can appreciate it. For those that don't, I don't need their money or their company that badly.

The king run has gotten to the point where killing them at all is questionable at best. I have some thinking to do.

To draw the parallel, wild steelhead harvest should have ended many years ago on the Peninsula. Sadly, politics continue to chase them towards extinction.