Originally Posted By: fishNphysician
The overall reduction statewide is slated for about 10%, but Grays Harbor is reportedly on the chopping block for a whopping 16%!

Ay caramba!


OK that the 16% is the overall reduction to all hatchery production. Again, the proposed cuts will NOT be distributed evenly.

Looks like the entire Wynoochee summer run is on the chopping block. I believe that's what a 100% reduction means.

Coho production is also targeted for a 40% reduction in most of the programs thru-out the basin, with the notable exception of the Hump which is only slated for a 15% reduction.

The fiscal realities of our current economic crisis.

Too bad we didn't just take a little better care of our wild runs. Nothing like natural rivers and their wild spawners making fish for free.
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