The suit will have to consider the whole N Pacific ecosystem. Right now, the abundance of pinks (including the AK hatcheries) is hammering the rest of the system. But, we don't know if the pinks are just that good at competition or if our harvest of other parts of the food chain (crabs, squid, forage fish) leaves too little for sharing.

If the case is done narrowly, such as looking just at the marine mixed stock fishery on Chinook, then failure of the SRKWs will be the long-term result. If it goes deeper, we have a chance.