I have heard from a reliable source that the number is actually much, much larger than 20,000 salmon since the report on the 10th of Jan.


The Makah have a fleet of approximately 15 small trawlers and on a good day the each get 100 or so and on a bad day about 50. If you where to just average this you would think that 75 for each boat each day would be fair. This season and also last season for them have been greater than average.

15 boats per day @ 75 fish each = 1,125 fish per day “ probably on the conservative side”

They had approximately 20,000 as of Jan 10th of this year.

This is Feb 2nd and there has been 22 days since then and from the sounds of it they are still trolling.


So 22 day @ 1,125 per day = 24,750 more salmon


For a Grand Total of 44,750 Salmon at an average of 75 per boat.

If an average of 100 fish where caught per day, a very lilkley average for this year, per boat there would be a Grand Total of 53,000 Salmon caught to date.

OH CRAP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats going to hurts