In the last few statemnets of the article ladyfisher writes that commercial fishing and poor management are the causes for the decline of salmon in the Pacific Northwest. I have no argument that these are probably a couple of the larger contributors to the slamon's decline but I would say habitat destruction is the biggest culprit. Development, logging, farming and dams have done more damage by means of habitat destruction to the Pacific salmon then any other thing.

[This message has been edited by Kerry Stratton (edited 03 April 2006).]