The Quinault Tribe does spawning escapement surveys on the Quinault and Queets Rivers. I don't know if WDFW does supplemental surveys or just accepts whatever results the Tribe shares. People who have worked for the Tribe swear that technical data is reviewed and doctored by policy members of the Tribe. Even so, wild steelhead escapement numbers on both rivers have averaged well below the state's escapement goal. The Tribe has lower escapement goals.

Since the Tribe marks only a small percentage of the hatchery fish they release, it's not possible to know how many wild fish and how many hatchery fish make up the spawning population. All I really know is that the reported escapements are less than the goals, generally.