Pretty easy to figure this year, first they are coming off of a record return 2 years ago, we had no killer floods that year, and we had the best ocean conditions possible all this year. Plus a couple other things, ESA listing has really slowed down construction in listed waters and the Corps and ports have had to institute tighter timing on thier dredging projects, and high seas commercial fishing has been greatly curtailed. Finally, habitat for pinks is still pretty good, they only require fairly stable lower mainstem rivers to spawn in and they do not rear in freshwater at all, simply go straight to saltwater, and if they are protected from the effects of dredging and construction while they are in nearshore areas they have a pretty easy time of it. Our other fish that have a much more demanding and lengthy spawning migration and residence time in freshwater continue to be in trouble.