In the ripple effect,
from the gut, written by GL

I am not sure if its ok to quote the piece. So I will just use the numbers given and maybe somone else that has read it will chime in.

It states the Alaska's commerial season landed 212 million fish.
Then goes on to give numbers landed
Coho 2.9 million
Sockeye 47 million
King Salmon 499,000

So I assume that roughly 160 million were Chums, and Pinks.

Then it says "Millions of fish that should be returning to our rivers and streams are being harvested in the ocean. We are allowing Alaskas commercial fleet to harvest the majority of out salmon"


Now with the number of Coho, Kings, and Sockeye, roughly 50.5 million the balance of 160 million fish appear to be Chums or Pinks. Which fish are ours that they have harvested?

The projected return for Bristol Bay was 40 million, they beat the estimates bu 7 million. Those fish were Sockeye, caught in the Bristol Bay. I don't believe that any of us would concider them ours.

Half a million kings, concidering the projection was 789,000 I would say that Alaska's commercial fleet didn't catch any of our fish.

Anyway, I am thinking that its possible that the number 212 million is WRONG. Hopefuly a typo, not something to stir up sportsmen.

I feel that the "Millions of fish that should be returning to our rivers and streams are being harvested in the ocean. We are allowing Alaskas commercial fleet to harvest the majority of out salmon" is totally misleading.

The sockeye aren't ours. Their king return was poor, their coho return was poor, their chum return was poor. Not one of those species met the projections.

Flame away