Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
Darth Baiter,

Thank you for that reference. OK, so the recreational Chinook catch in PS is more than a paltry few. I guess my point centers around whether enough is returned to the recreational creel to be worth the expenditure made. That value is elastic across people, so it comes down to how much one is willing to spend to create a recreationally caught Chinook. Or coho.


Whatever the number it probably is more than a paltry few. But let's take a look at the number for 2017 - 52,203 fish. But wait, there is that little footnote "a" to consider. In part it reveals that for the years 1989 to present the numbers have been adjusted by .685 due to estimates being 46% too high. Hmmm, then there is footnote "c" which indicates 2017 and 2018 numbers (actually none listed for 2018) are preliminary.

So, assuming that the 52,203 for 2017 is preliminary and not adjusted then using the prior adjustment figure the 2017 number would be 35,759. That number falls in line with numbers back to 1998. (Editorial: I would really like to see that recreational Chinook break-out by MA).

Add the NI commercial harvest of 12,065 and you get 47,824 for the State fishers. Treaty Indian harvest? 136,699 or 2.86 times the State harvest.

Anyone see the data differently so as to arrive at a significantly different Tribal/State harvest comparison?
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