This is a cut and paste from my post on Gamefishin board.

Bruce, thanks for getting the complete transcript up. For us fish junkies and government junkies, it's a great read! What is most interesting is that the Commission seemed to cover most (if not all) of the issues that we have seen debated on the various boards. I read about:

Foregone opportunity

Lack of public involvement

Trend lines showing wild steelhead going downhill

Quite frankly, after reading this transcript, I am strangely comforted. It appears that the Commission is quite representative of the Sports Fishing Community. The moratorium passed on a very narrow margin and the discussion showed a real debate on the issue. My guess is that if any one of us were sitting on the Commission deciding this issue, our views would not be nearly as black and white as we seem to be on the various boards.

Now we get to see what the next moves are. I have seen (on PP) a number of letters from organizations about this ruling. One has the most possible import - a letter from the Quilleute Tribal Council. In the letter, they did not say what they were going to do only that they were evaluating their options. We shall see what happens next.

Once again Bruce you have done a service to us all in getting the transcript up. Facts are sometimes hard to find in a heated debate like this. The transcript gives us a rare insight into how the Commission made this decision. I for one appreciate getting that look.