When the hatchery was built its primary goal was to provide Coho for the marine fisheries off WA coast. It ended up being that the greatest benefit was off the Grays Harbor coast. The hatchery gets a fairly high rate of return on smolt releases due to the short out migration to salt with the down side being returning adults on a river rise make the hatchery in blink. This limits fresh water catches. With the reductions in production over time the hatcheries contribution to the fisheries off Grays Harbor have been significantly diminished. For the bay the thought was the Rec could get all over them in the harbor in 2.2 ( zip right out of the Westport Marina ) but that has been shut down for years.