No fishing from floating craft

The following, from the Drake, is an interesting concept. There are many rivers in New Zealand where you cannot fish from floating watercrafts, and it's surprising there aren't many waters with that regulation here. While the Bow certainly seems busy at times, the reality is that the fishing isn't as impacted by boat fishermen as, say, the gin clear waters of New Zealand and their low fish stocks. But in more heavily pressured trout waters, like the Elk R in BC where turn signals are helpful on long weekend, and some steelhead and salmon waters, this might have the desired impact. It does keep a lot of extaneous use in check.

The coalition says no wild steelhead should be retained at any time. No exceptions.
Why this change is needed: "Of the seven wild steelhead DSP’s in Washington, five are now ESA listed and the other two are in long term decline. In the 1950’s, 100 plus streams produced good harvests (WDG 1950’s), but today only 9 rivers make the WDFW modeled spawner escapements and can be open to limited harvest. The Wild Steelhead Coalition recommends the state manage in a more conservative manner to assure these few remaining populations are not depleted. CnR fishing is the rule in all rivers in British Columbia and it is well respected by the sport fishing community. This rule will prevent further erosion of Washington wild populations and help rebuild their runs to the higher abundances documented in recent history (McMillan 2006; Gayeski 2012). We need to recognize that the Olympic Peninsula Rivers are the only waters where wild steelhead fisheries can now occur; that steelhead are highly vulnerable to CnR impacts, and if these stocks become depleted, fishing will end for wild steelhead in Washington."
Source - The Drake http://www.drakemag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=875:no-fishing-from-a-floating-device&catid=137:daily-drake-general