Sounds like "fuzzy math" to me. Without clearcut guidelines for what constitiutes the entire count, how can they be held accountable?

There is a huge difference between total return, in-river return, and escapement. If fairness to all parties involved, in-river return to the mainstem Cowlitz seems the most logical number.
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