This ruling left the fate of 6 million sockeye fry that are still being reared in the hatchery completely up in the air. It was unclear whether the fish would be destroyed or whether they would be stocked into the Tustemena/Kasilof system or perhaps some other location. That decision was finally made today:

Fate of sockeye fry now sealed

Looks like this will be the final "enhancement" to the system. Pretty amazing that this stocking program was used to keep the setnets operating extended hours in Cook Inlet. Fish managers would keep non-selective nets in the water by emergency order to prevent "overescapement" of sockeye into the Kasilof River. In the meantime, thousands of non-target Kasilof and Kenai River kings were doomed to perish in those nets.

It only took them a decade to figure out that the best way to prevent "overescapement" was to quit stocking the damn river with surplus sockeye in the first place. Looking forward to more kings entering both rivers!