Spawn out,
I would have to agree that aking the chum a couple a miles up stream and depositing them would be better than depositing them on the beach.They would only stay there untill the first gully washer.The chums 0n the canal spawn in the lower reaches,like the first mile or two.You got to remember that the northern three tribs all have natural barriars relatively low on there watersheds.I believe this is one of the reasons that they have a problem recovering from the gross over fishing by the sportsmen in the seventys.

The Hood Canal Enhancement group works with the skokomish indian nation on several fertilization projects just like you mentioned.

They were doing the same thing with the Coho last year,only they were hauling them out into deeper water and depositing them.

You guys would really be appalled at the waste by the american trawlers up north fishing pollack roe for the asian market.We are talking a 100 tons at a time.It was pure wast for the sake of the almighty dollar.

With fish farming eating at the price of net caught salmon maybe someday we will see some changes.Unfortunately what you see with both the white and indian fisheries is more an exersize of the right than it is a means of income.The roe fishery that you are witnessing is probably the only fishery that makes any reel income.If you go prowling around in the comercial publications on the internet you will probably find the seiners encouraging each other to fish every opening just to show the interest,protect that intrest.