In PS it is the combination of all the above that got it to where it is and sad as it is mixed stock fisheries are toast. Frankly this has been known since the 90's when a AD in a meeting " we are going to loose Puget Sound". Add to the foolish recovery BS pushed it was never even remotely possible with the AK & BC interception marine fisheries.

In the end it will be the Orca's that put the nails in the coffin for ocean marine fisheries when a judge finally says you shall not as to harvest. Then the issue will resemble Boldt as it will massively effect AK marine fisheries as well as BC. The thing is BC has long said you get AK off our fish we will get off yours. Strange as it sounds this will benefit PS but I am not familiar enough to know what % of the total run is intercepted. I read one time total impacts ( anything that harms a fish ) is about 84% of the harvestable. What I do know is you shut the marine impacts down the number of fish projected to return will exceed the expectations as nobody and I mean nobody truly knows the true impacts of marine harvest.

One last thing. You will not believe how many of the commercial fishers in AK come from WA, OR, and Idaho. Add to that the many other AK fisheries for other species are also based in PS. Don't look for Gov Green Jeans to lead the charge as that guy is all show and no go.