spring of 2004 all hood canal hatchery chinook are going to be mass marked....last year was the first time hoodsport clipped and tagged some in a long time..george adams has done an index group for awhile... the norm dicks' bill passed this year is mandating mass marking though it didn't quite supply enough money .....the year after in '05 all coastal hatcheries will be 100% mass marked...the year that after all columbia hatcheries will be mass marked...a heck of a lot of fish to do...
60+ million or so i think in 3 months...it's gonna be tough to do...