I agree that we dont have any truely healthy stocks, Id say inconsistantly healthy at best.

I read in an email from the WSC that the Hoh missed escapement by 800 wild steelhead last year, Id have to say I would believe the Hoh is the clossest thing we have to healthy in Washington State.

Oh but wait! The Quileute system is the trophy. It has proven that WDFW and the Quileute tribes use of MSY has been a great success. Not only is it healthy it is over twice escapement every year for nearly the past ten years. And it consistantly has gotten twice the escapement that it did in the hay days of the 60's and 70's. And it has the most harvest of wild steelhead and salmon on the peninsula. The numbers are hard numbers done from read counts, creel checks and tribal harvest, and not to mention smolt out migration counts. How can you argue about hard numbers?

Makes you wonder dont it? Who does all the steelhead red counts, smolt outmigration and documentation of tribal harvest. Who does it truely benefitt the most to always be far above escapement? You just cant argue with hard numbers the WDFW dosent, it dosent cost them anything and it makes them look good to boot.

The Quileute System ia amayzing its the only system in the state or the west coast for that matter that can handle massive comercial and substantial sport harvest. Yet with all the harvest and habiiat degridation the runs are actually getting larger.

It is just a testimate that MSY has worked, and that you cant blame harvest for the decline of wild salmon and steelhead.

I comend the WDFW and the Quileute tribe for the great success of management on the Quileute System.

Maybe the truth will come out someday before it is to late. We can only hope.