Properly regulated, managed, and reported gill netting, in rivers, is probably the best commercial gear currently available. Traps would be better, fish wheels might work too. The in-river gillnets are being blamed because they are obvious. The unseen marine mixed stock fisheries are overlooked since they are remote and generally take fewer fish per day. Although a single Canadian troller taking over 1,000 coho (majority being WA origin) suggested to me that they can be efficient, too.

None of the managers are willing to say that, for the future, we will increase the escapement by a minimum of 10% over brood. There has been no effort to put more fish on the grounds and it has been all the managers, working together, to create this situation.