The fry counts haven't been reliable for several years, this is what caused the over harvest, which involved netting in the salt and ultimately lead to where we are now. Not as stated in one of the earlier posts that had a press release or report saying that it was from commercial "and" sport harvest, sport harvest had nothing to do with it, it was 100% netting. As stated by Salmo G. and WDFW, the sport retention has little or no effect on the run and escapement, I do believe continual harassment on the beds can have an affect though.

We haven't had a decent return in years, so why schedule a season based on unreliable (at least recently) forecasts. Why don't we let at least one season go by that exceeds the escapement goal before opening it up again. Why should we manage them into an ESA listing.

I don’t care if they ever open it up again for sport retention, I can’t imagine why anyone would keep one, but if the retention number has no effect, then it really doesn’t matter.