Staff has sent out to its mailing list the first harvest model with Grays Harbor 2023 forecast with all 2022 seasons. For those who did not get it PM myself or R6 staff a request for it.

What the model shows is that the QIN 2022 seasons do not meet 2023 escapement requirements. Also as to the NT Commercials as you can see below the 1% this model has does not meet the 0.8 as the Rec impacts are modeled at 3.36. In other word the NT Comm need to give up impacts. In 2022 the last model showed an 2% NT nets impact which screwed us over, in particular with that low flows rec shut down that was total BS. With ZOOM as used last year a real look at the numbers was simply limited by not be able to access information.

Hopefully this year is different ........... I would not recommend doing that as your likely to expire.

3) The following guidelines describe the anticipated sharing of fishery impacts in the Grays Harbor Basin between WDFW-managed commercial, marine recreational, and freshwater recreational fisheries. Variation from these guidelines may occur if it will result in fisheries that more closely achieve the stated purpose of this policy.

a) WDFW-managed commercial fisheries in the Grays Harbor Basin shall have the following impact limits:

Areas 2A, 2B, 2D: the impact rate of the state-managed commercial fishery shall be 0.8% on natural-origin Chehalis fall Chinook when the impact of the recreational fishery is equal to or greater than 4.2%. The impact rate of the WDFW-managed commercial fishery may be less than 0.8% when conservation concerns for natural-origin Chehalis fall Chinook result in a less than 4.2% impact rate in the recreational fishery.