Some years ago my wife and I offered to show these fishers the virtues of replacing regular mesh (size) nets (8") for Chinook with 4" mesh nets. Sounds crazy right, using a 4" mesh net to fish for fish normally regarded as needing mesh sizes able to capture a large species salmon, hence the name "Gill" net? In fact a 4" mesh net will more than effectively catch any size or species of salmon, from Pinks to Kings! The trick lies in the hang-ration, allowing a small mesh net to effectively harvest all species but in this case and even more importantly, allows for any species needing rebuilding to easily be released with minimal trauma. Using nets with mesh sizes intenddd to target the larger/largest of a species decade after decade has undesirable and potentially long-term negative consequences. No species is able to sustain strong healthy populations when the fittest (most adaptable) are selectively removed!