PNW, there's really not a right or wrong here, but, when it comes to numbers on paper, and sure salmon is on the rise, but, steelies on the decline, does that mean to up the limits? You've mentioned that sure that there is a down swing again, but remember that there is an upswing also to that so it goes both ways. Just avrg. is what should be looked at. Glad to have you on this BB cause without input like yours, it just wouldn't get me to thinkin' and I'd take fishin' for granted....

Robert

a dead fish is a dead fish whether caught on the end of a troll line in the ocean, caught in a gillnet or caught on a hook.

That is a true statement, but how contrary to say this when I fish with one hook compared to hundreds of feet of gillnet. How many fish at one time can a net kill compared to my "ONE" hook?. To compare the two is like saying that the WDFW is studying the situation to make things equitable, or like saying that G.W. is part of the intelligence community. It does sound like you are making an equal comparison between the two and that dog just won't hunt, not here.