If history repeats itself no one will be "catching" salmon at some point in the future. Just look to the plight of the NW sea otter (extinct) or the grey whale ( no longer commerically harvested). As much as I am obsessed with fishing I think everyone should stop fishing for 5 to 10 years for two reasons: 1. To let the fish populations recover and 2. To come up with some sort of semi-equitable way to divide up the resource.

Fish populations have declined for the last 150 years with that in mind can we really say that any of the "protective" measures we have taken as a society or individually have or will make a difference. I am not pessimistic by nature, but am starting to wonder if we have reached or passed "the point of no return" concerning native salmon and steelhead extinction. I don't think so, but it might be getting close. Just a thought