Good idea, but you have to be careful not to compare apples and oranges. Most Alaska kings that are harvested are wild, most of ours are hatchery in origin. As long the hatcheries pump enough fish through the raceways to satisfy commercial, tribal, and recreational needs, while still obtaining their escapement, there is no conservational reason to lower the limit.

But the Alaska example is proof that it doesn't take a lot of harvest pressure to diminish wild king runs such that restrictions are necessary. And Alaska is not even close to Washington in the amount of development on rivers and estuaries. There streams still operate at near historical carrying capacities. Ours do not.