I couldn't bring up the link to the article, so cannot comment specifically.

Chum salmon do very well generally in Puget Sound (& HC) rivers. I like to see the benefits of that productivity returned to the local area. Japan used to purchase most of the chum catch, but that market has waned, and it seems to increasingly be a roe fishery as carcass prices have bottomed out. Ya' know, it may look ugly as hell, but if the commercial fishery just harvests the roe, I'd like to see those carcasses littering Puget Sound rivers and estuaries.

Here's a little thought. Maybe the price of admission to a roe fishery, herring, chum, whatever, should include the requirement to avoid resource waste by placing the carcasses where they will do the most environmental good. Yeah, too logical; it'll never happen.

As for chum attributes, they do pull hard on a fly rod. Too much like work; I'll stick with sea runs and steelhead; they're more like sport.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.