Region 6 sent this out to folks. Now this is this years forecast after Ocean Option 2 harvest, so it could change. On the Chehalis do not count on the Commercial season identified as the harvestable wild Chinook number is only 696 for QIN ( NT everyone also ) If the QIN fished as last year in week 40 projected QIN harvest is 734 wild Chinook / week 41 956 wild Chinook but in week 42 477. They were off the water in the next to weeks and the NT commercial fished 4 days a week.

Simply put the QIN will need to alter their schedule to limit wild Chinook impact and the only place to go is the weeks the NT commercial fished last year. So the tribal and NT commercial part of this will definitely change as the modeled QIN harvest would be 2231 and way way into escapement and vastly greater than their share.

I could give you a better look but staff have refused to provide the model unlocked so any citizen could model potential seasons to present options. This particularly egregious for the NT commercials but also the REC. I have now objected twice to staff and the Director but have yet to receive a rational response other than they do not have QIN seasons. You do not need the QIN seasons from the QIN to put data into the model and get a feel where things shake for sharing % to create a NT proposal. The games being played are at an epic scale hiding behind the virus statewide shutdown that does not allow one to confront staff actions head on.

Again as an GH Adviser I have objected and I am waiting for a response.

FROM REGION-6

To Grays Harbor interested anglers:

Model A (the summary presented during Tuesday’s public meeting) was developed using 2019 recreational and non-treaty commercial seasons and the 2020 forecast numbers. A quick summary of those seasons:

Area                                      Dates                                                    Bag limit

North Bay                            Aug 1-Sept 15;                                   1 fish (release wild Chinook and coho)

East Bay                               Sept 16-Nov 30                                  2 fish (release all Chinook)

Humptulips River,            September                                         2 fish (release wild Chinook and coho)

Oct 1-Nov 30                                      1 fish (release wild Chinook and wild coho)

Dec                                                        1 fish (release all Chinook and wild coho)

Chehalis River                    Aug-Sept 15                                        Jacks only

                                                Sept 16-Dec 31                                  2 fish (release Chinook)

Chehalis tribs                     Oct 1-Dec 31                                       2 fish (release Chinook)

Newaukum/Skook           Oct 16-Dec 31                    2 fish (release Chinook)

 

Non-treaty commercial schedule:

2A/D                                      4 days Wk 43 (Oct 21-24)              Release wild Chinook

                                                4 days Wk 44 (Oct 27-31)              Release wild Chinook

2C                                           1 day Wk 42 (Oct 16)

                                                1 day Wk 44 (Oct 30)