NT Commercials and rec run on the preseason forecast and both can be under or over the modeled forecast depending on run size vs forecast. NT commercials are not required to call WDFW to tell them how harvest is going and neither is it a requirement for rec. Both have been known to exceed preseason estimate of harvest. To compare Willapa managed fisheries with GH fisheries is a bit out in wah wah land to say the least as the management is totally different, Willapa is managed for nt commercial.

Also just so all know commercials have WDFW onboard observers in place that do blow the whistle if things come a part and fish tickets at sale show the commercial catch. Recs catch on the other hand do not as a creel census only shows what hits the beach not how many were encountered to produce mortalities, also it takes two or three years for punch card data to be available. The fishery tracked the most closely is commercial for accountability. The fishery with the least accountability is rec fishers by a mile with the nation hanging out in the middle.