He's saying the SAFE areas have a proven track record. Yes, the expansion occurred in the mid-1990's but the first efforts began in Youngs Bay over a decade earlier.

Even without SAFEforSalmon, the states' are expanding SAFE production for the benefit of the gillnetters and in part because of the HSRG. Oregon is transferring production of 250k springer smolts; WA is transferring coho and a tremendous increase in lower river chinook.

Because CCA couldn't get behind the concept of moving the commercials completely off the mainstem and into the SAFE areas, these smolt production transfers & increases are now occurring with ZERO being given to sports anglers in return.