Closure of creeks that eventually feed into waters that flow into Puget Sound. I loved to fish for native cutthroat in these small streams . When exploring new waters to me, if I caught any small Steelhead or salmon I would not fish those waters after my test fishing. I found sections of stream where all I caught were native cutthroat. These waters were closed to protect native salmon and steelhead smolt which were spawned in the upper reaches of these streams .

Chum salmon runs that were decimated by commercial netting in Puget Sound and Hood Canal