Other than my remarks which described some of the history of Baker sockeye restoration, most of the public comment complained about the unequal sharing of harvest the last 3 years. The tribes got something like 2/3 and the sports got 1/3, instead of 50:50. However, in years when the run is under-predicted, the sports harvest more than the tribes. Recent forecasts over-predicted actual abundance, so the opposite occurred.

Frankly, it kinda' chaps my butt to hear sport fishermen whining about this year's "poor" return of 22,000 sockeye. Historically we estimate that the Baker sockeye run topped out at 20,000 and averaged some lower number.

With the improved juvenile fish collectors that have been operating since 2008 and 2012, average runsizes are much larger since 2010 than ever occurred in history. I'm just happy that people have too many sockeye to complain about and fight over now adays.