Todd, Part of me doesn't believe that DFW doens't care about our public resource.

Gary's story is not just one of numbers, it's one of betrayal by DFW Staff. I too, volunteered to re-establish a run of fishes here in the South Sound. We raised chum in a pond above Percival Cove chinook. Basicly the chum were a biological filter to capture the parasites before the water flowed into the chinook pond.

Hatchery staff undermined our efforts by allowing direct stream flows and contaminated the Percival Cove Chinook. Guess what? The chum re-established themselves . Johns Creek once again lives when it rains. I'm one of the few witnessing steelhead in the system. I believe the nutrients the chum return help feed juvenile steelhead.
Last year Harvest Management Staff testified in favor of increasing the harvest on the abundent Chum.

Staff favors the most harmful and least sustainable method of commercial harvest. I believe this is flat out, wrong! They view each species in issolation and then claim minimal bycatch.