Mandatory fin-clipping of all hatchery produced salmon & steelhead; to be released in proper controled numbers and timing so as not to be a significant detriment to native fish progeny survival. - Proper C&R only for all wild native anadromous fish; and only where the remaining numbers are strong enough to withstand up to a 7% mortality on the less than 30% average of them that are actually hooked. - NO MORE NETS! Anyway it's possible to rid the N.W. of commercial and Indian gillnetting. As has been correctly pointed out, B.C. farmed kings (and even some farmed steelhead) and Atlantic farmed salmon have augmented the huge commercial take of healthy Alaskan salmon stocks to provide the markets were adequate supply. There has got to be a way to negotiate with the Indians, and commercials, to convince them not to net native salmon and steelhead into extinction! They can't possibly be so ignorant or uncaring about the future as to not listen to offers of other viable compensastion for their loses, BEFORE THEY LOSE IT ALL ANYWAY! Definitely invite Indian and comm. rep.s to your meetings and have a cordial pow wow about the realities and dire straights of a continuation of the status quo. Ask them, "Would you rather run out of the resourse &/or be cut off by ultimate necessary federal treaty overiding decree, or would you rather gain this..... and that......and even that..... in return instead. They must have some inate ability to reason rather than live precariously for the moment or to just want to buck the white sportfishers for a hollow vindictive victory that will ultimately cost them all. - Steve