Originally Posted By: Carcassman
Using recent 10 year averages ia a way of covering up a multitude of sins. South Sound, alone, used to return a million coho and Nooksack added another 250K. Nooksack/Samish Chinook was somewhat north of 100K.

They keep narrowing the horizon of what we compare things to that a slight increase in a pittance looks huge and sells licenses.


"A curious thing happens when fish stocks decline: People who aren't aware of the old levels, accept the new ones as normal. Over generations, societies adjust their expectaions downward to match prevailing conditions"... Kennedy Warne, National Geographic, April 2007.
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