As one looks at management and numbers it must be remembered that the agreed-to structure since Boldt is that a single fish above the escapement goal is wastage. Two would be catastrophic.

Fisheries have been opened to take less than 10 harvestable fish. There was one time when it was identified that the NI side had less than 100 Chinook left. It was suggested to the local tribes that these fish just be passed through to escapement. Their response was that they would catch them. Basically, there was (and probably still isn't) the will to leave a buffer above the identified goal.