Well at risk of getting ripped..............it is the eggs that have commercial value in chum. Just as it is the meat in Chinook. Not defending just stating a fact.

Chum stocks are regional in the things that are effecting them. Coastal stocks much different than say PS. Got a question. Anyone ever thought through the interaction with Chum spawning and surging? Just as Steelhead & Coho can be really tanked by low summer flows Chum get blasted by surging.

Think about it. Tree farms are on 40 yr rotations and trees don't hold water until they are 20 yrs or so. That said the Chehalis is about 80% tree farms 20% people roads ect. So about 60% of the basin does not hold water from surging which blows Chum right out of the gravel. Before we crock the timber guys remember at least trees do grow back on tree farms they don't when paved over so everyone moving here can love our natural beauty ( or what is left ) Bottom line WDF&W has failed time and time again to adjust harvest ratios to reflect the decreasing productivity of the watersheds across the state. Oh sure we have blips but graph runs over the last 80 yrs. Year to year / up down but start 80 yrs back .........from then to now numbers. It is down and going farther down. Fact of life and kinda sad but short of someone forcing the issue in court the trend will continue. Alaska looks better all the time..............it is this winter thing!