Originally Posted By: Rivrguy
A guy I know did these numbers up off the information I provided you all. Anything that is off or not correct?

11,617 (37%) = Harvest impacts in Alaska (primarily commercial)
4,637 (15%) = Harvest impacts in Canada (primarily commercial)
291 (1%) = Harvest impacts on the WA Coast (primarily commercial)
16,545 (53%) = Harvest impacts prior to returning to Grays Harbor

3,566 (11%) = Harvest impacts by the Quinault Tribe (commercial)
567 (2%) = Harvest impacts by the non-tribal recreational community in the bay/river (recreational)
257 (1%) = Harvest impacts by the Chehalis Tribe (commercial)
10,567 (34%) = Total unharvested fish, of which a percentage are wild and allowed the opportunity to spawn

66% exploitation on Chehalis chinook pretty well in line with the CTT 63% exploitation cited in your earlier post.

80-85% of all the harvested fish are taken BEFORE a single one swims over the bar.


As I said before, the crime in all of this is intentionally managing for a nearly 2/3 exploitation rate. Dum'fuckery at its finest.
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