Similarly, many states have "doe tag" for hunting, right? Most states call these "antlerless tags." Utah defines an antlerless deer like this: ""Antlerless deer" means a deer without antlers or with antlers five inches or shorter." A friend of mine once harvested what he thought was a doe. When he walked up, he found that it was a buck with one and only one 5" antler. To this day, I am not sure whether that deer feel within the definition of antlerless or not; after all, it did not fall within "a deer without antlers," nor did it fall within "antlers [in the plural] five inches or shorter."
Ah yes, the devil is in the details.
As you may know, some states measure fish from tip of snout to tip of tail. Some measure snout to fork. And in some states it depends on the species! For example, in Florida a bluefish or spanish mackerel is measured to "fork length"; a snook or speckled trout is measured to "total length." (And a snook has a pretty good fork.) Oh, and billfish are lower jaw to fork length.
Sorry to the extent this deviates off topic. But yes, in Idaho a rainbow trout that has never seen the ocean may still be a steelhead. And I won't even get started on the Great Lakes steelhead.
Back to work....
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