Originally Posted By: Rivrguy
With the marine harvest outlined below I doubt anything will change other than WDFW pissing on the terminal Rec fisher screaming conservation.

2022 Chinook Harvest Impacts
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


Again they are figuring about 31.2K total adult production in the ocean

Pre-terminal is snarfing up 16.5K (80% of the total harvest) and inside is taking 4.4K (20% of the harvest) for an effective exploitation rate of 66% on a run that perennially fails to make its escapement goal.

INSANITY!
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