Dr Ricker and his disciples sold the entire establishment of salmon/steelhead managers a bag of rotten goods with his concept of managing runs for MSY. Like RA3 said, the track record speaks for itself.... wild runs are being managed to extinction!

Any non-biased observer can see that over the past 6 decades, watershed after watershed has been depleted of its wild runs using this archaic strategy, and yet it persists.... passed on academically thru the up and coming ranks of new fish managers as if it were Biblical truth. And yet ironically, it is the law of the land that runs be managed for MSY, despite its obvious flaws!.

MSY is a theory that looks good on paper, but fails to deliver on its promise in the real world. Seems to me the part that's missing is the "S" for sustained, leaving us only with MY. Funny how "maximal yield" is the war cry of the most greedy and sellfish user groups... me me me , MY MY MY... the fish be damned!