The other aspect of in-season reporting is that WDFW would actually have to use it. Again, back in the day, about 99% of any one day's commercial catch was available on computer and was used to make management decisions. If the commercial and/or rec catch was that available would you support WDFW's using it on a weekly basis for openings and closures?

The fish would.

Should also note that in the early years of Boldt WDF tried to manage the rec fishery on a day to day basis. Of course, they were also trying to manage for allocation and not "opportunity" but they gave it up as being unworkable due to too many changes confusing anglers.