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Originally posted by slug:
fNp,

I haven't had a lot of time to research this issue from the recreational side. Could you post the total sport king catch for Cook Inlet, not just the salt water catch and the estimated mortality from cnr? What I did find on the ADF&G website is that all king runs have met or exceeded the escapement goals in recent years and that 40% of the gillnet king catch consisted of kings less than 28 inches long (jacks) resulting in a total gillnet catch of mature kings of about 6600 fish. Less than one quarter of one percent of the commercial salmon harvest for the time kings are present in the harvest. I call that very selective.
What originally got me involved in this thread and still concerns me is: escapement is being met or exceeded, Bob is catching 30-40 kings per day, why do you become so emotional about the commercial bycatch of several thousand king salmon? If I had more time I would have presented more info to make my point.

outlaw,

ADF&G is mandated to manage for subsistence fisheries as the highest priority.
Did you make those #'s up? That couldn't be farther from the truth in my expirience (set netting). Also there is no subsistance fishery on the east side of cook inlet. (atleast not where we are discussing) Com fish is still the #1 user group in cook inlet in ADF&G's mind.
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