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Originally posted by slug:
Bob,

Thanks for the link. I see that the sport catch for 1999 , the most recent year in the report, for the Kasilof early run only was over 8 thou.
The late king run seems to have remained stable during two decades of hatchery sockeye production and harvest. The comm. fishery produces tens of millions of pounds of protein for a hungry world and lots of jobs and employment for the area. There really does not seem to be any reason to be concerned about the king runs.
That early fishery brings in more money to the local economy than the com fishery does in cook inlet. As for the jobs,w/the exception of being a permit holder, they are all low wage short run jobs . + the early com opening targeting kasilof reds hammers the end of the 1st run kenai fish, which by all accounts isn't doing well. The attitude that only one or 2 species important is a real problem, like in 98 and a couple of other years (I need a refresher) when there was no king retention on the kenai or closures to king retention and the setnetters were still alowed to kill kings, while targeting reds.
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