One of the challenges with the Queets management is Salmon River. This river runs through National Park land, National Forest land, and then in and out of Quinault Indian land. Since there is a huge hatchery plant in Salmon River and since the lower Queets is used by the Quinaults to target the returning hatchery steelhead (as well as wild fish), the Park has always kind of thrown their hands up in the air. The National Park has declared that hatchery fish should not be included in the National Park but Salmon River really complicates the situation. Having said all that, here is a proposal that might fly. Catch & Kill on hatchery steelhead only below the mouth of Salmon River and only until February 28th (when Salmon River closes). Now I know that the Quinaults do not fin clip the hatchery steelhead, but my 7 year old son can tell the difference between a hatchery fish and a wild one by looking at the dorsal. We can not allow the fact that the Quinaults do not clip fins to be our excuse to kill everything we catch. By the way, I have caught fish in the Clearwater that I was certain were hatchery fish. As we propose ideas to protect the Queets, let's bear in mind what the National Park Service may use as their excuses and cut them off at the pass. Thanks for the opportunity to vent.