Folks, I need you to be thinking MAXIMUM seasons for coho in the Chehalis basin constrained by Tier 1 chinook impacts. The non-treaty share if chinook impacts is 545 fish. Our coho wish list WILL be measured in terms of how many dead kings will result from prosecutin gthose fisheries. Remember the 543 Chehalis kings impacts must be shared with the non-treaty nets.

On the Hump, think about a MAXIMUM season on available chinook (hatch and wild) constrained by wild coho impact. On a Tier 1 coho, the goal is to have a maximum impact of 10% of the entire wild run-size. The forecast put 162 fish on the non-treaty side, but 10% of the run-size is actually 722 fish. The non-treaty share of that impact is 361 fish. Think about measures to minimize wild coho impacts so as to get maximum opportunity on available hatchery coho (about 16K non-treaty share) and chinook (about 2900 non-treaty share, 1800 wild and 1100 hatch). BTW we should be seeing 3 and 4 year old clipped chinook in this fishery.... we're talking typically 12-16 pounds or less.
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"Let every angler who loves to fish think what it would mean to him to find the fish were gone." (Zane Grey)

"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


The Keen Eye MD
Long Live the Kings!