So might be hard to track all of these things as the average angler, but what mechanisms are there within the law that kind of account for maybe the people that aren't showing up or are more conservation value-oriented?

Hmm.

Yeah, that's a great question.

So the council process itself is one mechanism, and us on the West Coast, you know, we have the Pacific Council, and of those other eight regions that you talked about, you know, there's very different processes for each council.

Um, but here on the West Coast, we have public comment, which is always an opportunity.

We have open public comment at the beginning of every council meeting, and any member of the public can come in person and give testimony.

They can also comment remotely over the internet.

some of the national standards that also exist to help make sure we're conserving things long term.