Deerlick,
Who's responsibility is it to protect wild stocks, the tackle manufacturer's?

Also, what do you think is a bigger threat to wild stocks, C&R fishing or hatchery fish? Consider what happens to wild populations when their numbers are low. Do the fishermen flock to the river when fish numbers are down? If we increase hatchery plants with dwindling wild fish, what happens?

I can't speak to PS rivers, but here in OR, we have some very stable wild steelhead rivers. They could be better (some are getting better), but they are stable and provide good fishing at times.