Fishmyster, the way you desire our future sport fishery it goes like this: assume regs are 1 salmon any species per day, 6 salmon total per year: Charter with 4 guests leaves the dock at 6 am, early Aug, pink year. Lines down at 6:30, 4 pinks in the boat by 7:15 am, done, maxed out, guests arrive back at dock at 7:45 am. Well that was a fun day! What do you charge for that as a guide? Full day fare? Can't sell another charter that day on such short notice. Hm. The local angler catches a couple winter springs in February, another couple keeper in April, then the first wave of pinks comes through in early July and voila, he is done for the entire year salmon fishing because he had to bonk the first 6 keepers. Great fishing season! That's how sportfishing would look like according to your principles. Come on, give your head a shake! It will be in all our interest to hone in on c&r techniques and learn to live with it, enjoy it and maintain a fishing business with it. If you can't wrap your head around it then you better make alternative plans, boy, because we will be at this junction very soon.