fyi -
The 2004 run size forecast for the Baker sockeye is 12,633 -

Run size forecasts for most salmon runs can be found at:
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/northfalcon/

Plunker -
I would expect that any expansion of the fishing area for these fish will be dependent a couple of factors:
1) Having larger and more consistent sockeye run sizes -
Salmo is correct in that sockeye returns have been increasing.

2) The incidental impacts to the Skagit chinook - as you know July is a month of high spring/summer chinook abundances in middle Skagit.
The impacts on those fish have to be accounted and included in the co-manager's fishing plans. In the recent North of Falcon process this fishery has been of minor interest to those there.

Tight lines
S malma