Hello everyone,

It seems to me that the WDFW's required 300,000 fish escapement rule is really high, especially for just one river's worth of fish. I also look at the historical run size data (available on their web site) and do not see any increase in average run size since the institution of this rule. I blame this on politics as the sockeye run is very visible to alot of people and the WDFW wants to look good to the non-fishing but still interested people of Puget Sound.