GBL,

It's not what boats do wrong, but what they do so well. Fishing from a boat permits more hookups per angler day fished. The objective in this exercise is to limit the total number of wild steelhead hooked to keep the incidental mortality below 250. You either need fewer anglers in the fishery or else make each angler less efficient, on average. No fishing from boats is one way to decrease overall catch.

Sg