Originally Posted By: Carcassman
It would probably be better to require all landed fish be retained. But, that still leaves what many would consider too small a fishery. At a 10% mortality (ya gotta model something) you can "kill" through release 1 wild for every 10 caught which means that the allowable kill lets you contact contact 9 for every one killed.

Under the kill 'em all, each encounter counts 1 for 1 and you get to the limit a whole lot faster. That means the surplus hatchery fish either flood the hatchery and spawning grounds or we have traps used.

WDFW should do an intensive educational series to fully demonstrate the how's and why's and impacts of the various ideas folks have.

If that's the case what are the difference in numbers of hatchery fish released in the Chehalis basin between this year's run and last year's run (2018 vs. 2019?)