As long as there is a possession limit you will still need to have that paper copy. Plus, not everybody has or wants to have the ability to immediately upload.

One of the downsides of real-time reporting is that it would force WDFW to make immediate, in-season adjustments. This was tried in the early years of Boldt, where WDF tried to manage all fisheries on a daily basis. It didn't work for sports because every reg change needed to get out to the users.