Koenings hands may be tied politcally........but......he has to get the numbers from somewhere and I guarantee that he ain't gettin' no REAL numbers sitting behind a desk. The bio's, both state and tribal, provide the numbers based primarily on THEORY mixed in with some actual information(e.g. stream surveys, creel surveys, etc.). The bio's info is subject to review by the director, who may ultimately make the decision, but he has to get the info from somewhere. The info provided is the root of the problem. Can't blame the president when his advisors give him false info, capiche?

I want something more substantial than theoretical models which are put on a graph so that's it's easier for the WDFW(and us) to understand. The real numbers of returning fish are 3 dimensional and all theories or models applied mathematically must be read as such, and that cannot be interpreted with a 2 dimensional graph. The welfare of living creatures is being sacrificed by 8th grade math. The livelihood of economies based on sportfishing are lost because somebody "couldn't do the math".

"Reality dies because of theoretical lies" Kid Sauk