How many rivers/waterways with man made obstacles need to be listed before understanding that is part of the problem to the benefit of the predator? Whether it's the power dams on the Columbia, The Hood Canal brdg. the flood control dams on PS and GH rivers and the straightening dikes below them that came with. All contribute to a significant increase of salmonid predation.

All I have been saying if we could start NOW with some region wide predator control/management, we WILL see an increase in overall numbers, to at least give the fish a fighting chance during all the other negative current environmental issues facing them. Everything else said, it WOULD achieve the quickest results. Whether the law makers and the public have the stomach for it is another question.