Salmo has a great idea and we really need to do the same exercise for all resources. Couple thoughts to add.

With the exception of WB there are the Co-Managers. Not sure they would agree to a triage scenario. At least not without a lot of money throw at them.

For PS, I would suggest that the Skagit, Stillaguamish, Nisqually, and probably the west side Hood Canal rivers as wild. No hatchery steelhead (should be all species) at all. Probably C&R but I would suggest that if the runs rebound to where some dead fish are acceptable then hold a lottery for wild fish. I would also impose a C&R CRC with all fish brought to hand recorded.

The other major systems like Nooksack, Samish, Snohomish, Green, and Puyallup would have major hatchery programs. I would set the planting goal at least at 100,000K as it seems that the currently successful steelhead programs on the Pacific Coast are large. Broodstock would be collected from each stream and each stream would stand or fall on internal returns. Mark all fish so that if one shows up in the wild streams they can be killed and kept.

We also need to significantly invest in public bank access to the streams as it should not be a requirement of steel heading to have a boat.

I am not sure about the Straits, but Elwha and Dungenesss should probably be wild (Elwha for sure) but I would resurrect the Lyre.

As to regs, the hatchery streams should be wide open. For the wild streams I would lean to single circle hook with bait, lures, or flies allowed. The wild CRC could tell us what they are caught on, if desired.

I recall discussions with WDG wardens and the regs did limit the daily catch to the bag number whether killed or released. I remember when we bios recommended that if one fly-fished and released fish that they would not count in the limit. Vote was all us to 2, with 2 being the leadership. The motion lost/