I have heard in the past the sport catch of the harvested salmon is between 5 and 10%. Maybe someone can back up this percentage range?

I'm not worried about getting half...or whatever percentage we get. I'm worried about having fish in the years to come. I'd like to see lots of fish and i think it would be an attainable goal with good management.

I fished one gillnet season for sockeye in bristol bay years ago. A HUGE commercial fishery....but wait! It's MANAGED! They actually count how many fish are up the river....hmmm ok boys...weve got a MILLION up the naknek...go ahead and hit it! OH WAIT...The kvichak only had approx a million in the river...we want 1.5 mill before we open it! The commercial fishery takes place in the salt...not the rivers and the native openers are for subsistence only! I know...our local rivers dont have the habitat for spawning that those so up there do but give em a chance. I think people would be astounded to see what runs could be sustained if there was no commercial fishing.

I am not advocating no commercial fishing...just higher expectations for what our fish runs could be with better management.