The charters out of Westport that I’ve taken over the years have shown deplorable skills when releasing salmon. Just this Wednesday the boat I was on, weeded through app. 12 wild Coho to get our limit of hatchery Coho. No Chinook caught for the boat, what I was hoping to catch, except 2 shakers. There was 4 floaters after release and by the (lack of) release skills--only 2 out of the 14 fish released had a remote chance of survival in my estimation.

IMO, deck hands and skippers should be required to go to a fish release class before yearly license renewal.