No, unfortunately tons of the hatchery fish miss all the fisheries altogether and end up at hatcheries, or worse, spawning.

That was supposed to be one of the benefits of making sure the commercial guys got more fish with the seines than they get with the gillnets, to keep fish off the spawning grounds...right, Francis?

(I figure he'll have to answer that question one of these times I ask )

The point of that was to make sure they don't cut hatchery production.

If, however, they let too many hatchery fish past the fisheries by moving the commercial guys out of the mainstem, or limiting their catch, then that whole conservation point is moot, and the actual reason steps back to the forefront again...just more fish for us, with no actual conservation benefit.

Again, I have no problem with that...it would just be more honest to come out and say it and do it than to have all these pretend reasons to do it when that is both the final goal and the final result.

Fish on...

Todd