From Bushbear's figures....

52 - 73 = 842,662,225 fish total released (21 year span)

76 - 86 = 2,487,877,169 fish total released (10 year span)

(no data 74 and 75?)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears that less than 1/4 of the fish/year release occurred in the first bracket.

My personal recollection (which is far from infallible) is that many commercial fisherman were in business from the early '60s until the mid 70's.

Boldt was when? 1976?

Buy out of commercial licenses occured when?

What is interesting to me, is that the commercial fleet fell apart when supposedly the hatchery production was at it's peak.
It would be nice to see the catch records for those years, along with their distribution.

Am I missing something? (other than a few too many brain cells from way too much fun in the 60's )