Salmon/steelhead runs go up and down lots. From one extreme to the other. lets look at the habitat. Does it go up and down in a trend that follows this? I don't see it.

Does the health of the Ocean and the size of a fish return have anything to do with one another.

It seems pretty clear that in 2001-2004 we had some great returns of fish all accross the region from California to Alaska. Was that in part due to the good habitat those fish were in each river. NOT!