fishNphysician,

The best answer I can give you is that you are not going to get an answer. It is not that anyone is trying to hide anything or dupe anyone. The reason is that the management is much more complex than you seem to be aware of at this time.

There are trades going on between ports and between commercial/ recreational and they are not just 1/1 trades. There are Thompson coho impacts and OCN coho impacts and lower columbia coho impacts that are all factors in this. Which impact is the most critical is dependent on the location of the fishery and also varies from year to year.

The only people who can answer all the questions you have are the ones who volunteer or get paid to understand all of it. These same people don't have time to come online and spell out every intricate detail and the department cant be putting out press releases that are 6 pages long.

My suggestion is that if you (or anyone else) are so interested in how it works that you get involved in the up coming north of falcon process and learn it.