Unfortunately, our fisheries managers:

a) Are not qualified scientists for the most part, let alone qualified in fisheries sciences.
b) Do not know the science. At least nothing more than anyone coming out of a university with a bachelor of science should know.
c) When presented with actual good scientific results, theories, or examples of good science by a qualified and good fisheries scientist underneath them, the managers choose to make a decision based on their own gain, rather than what is good for the fish or the resource.
d) Their egos turn them deaf, dumb, and blind.

Sometimes, I wish I didn't know what we really goes on at WDFW and our fisheries "management".

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

PS - not knocking our truly smart and retired/ex WDFW science folks here. I'm referring to the new school breed of upper level management, the likes of which, will never be seen or heard from here.