Tug3, sounds like it is time to Organize a grass roots organization, for the Betterment of our Steelhead, one that wants to protect and produce both numbers of Hatchery and Wild fish like we see in Oregon. 40-50k wild fish this year returning to the Umpqua, it has meet it's wild carrying capacity for 30 years along with hatchery supplementation.

Even the Native American guides on the Quinualt see the amount of netting as a problem, and are even lobbying thier own Tribe for fewer net days on thier river, to allow numbers to increase.

Why does California and Oregon have no Native gill netting off reservation? These are things we need to look at, and try to emulate.

I will join your organization Tug. Let get it rolling.