Subject: Limits on catch & release

From: [email-masked] (geoff mcmichael)
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 13:30:24 PST

Has anyone heard of limits on the number of fish that an angler may catch and 
release in a day?  I have been contacted by a flyfishing group that is 
concerned that the combo of high catch rates (and associated 
hooking/handling mortality) and increasing angling pressure is adversely 
affecting wild resident rainbow trout density in Washington's Yakima River.  I 
have much of the literature on hooking/handling mortality... but am looking 
for info from anyone who has experiences related to limiting the number of 
fish that may be caught and released in a day's fishing (e.g, after 15 trout 
have been caught and released, you must quit fishing for that day).  Any info 
on any fish species would be appreciated,... thanks,

		Geoff McMichael
		[email-masked]
		Fish Biologist, Wash. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

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From: [email-masked] (Ken Sanderson)
Date: 7 Jul 1996 08:42:05 GMT

Though the idea is probably a valid one, what it boils down to is 
how the heck would you ever enforce it? Anyone have any realistic ideas?