The commercial harvest or sale of Snook is prohibited by the same regulations.
The snake is part of a commercial harvest for leather.
From 2004 to 2008 the annual commercial harvest increased from 80,000 to 200,000 tonnes.
The state of Washington never permitted commercial harvest and recreation take was outlawed in 1994.
In good years, some communities are fully employed by the commercial harvest of certain animals.
That information helps determine limits on commercial or recreational harvests.
Recreational fishing was not affected by the 1986 ban on commercial harvests.
In the 1800s the creek had large enough salmon runs to support commercial harvest (Skinner, 1962).
Although the commercial harvest is up to 1 million pounds per year, they are in no danger of overharvest.
The effects of the commercial harvest are therefore unlikely to produce genetic changes in the population.
