In going through the regs for the past 6 years, fishers in MA 5,6, and 7, have basically been MSF for coho in July, August and September with a couple of exceptions in late September/October after the Thompson River (Canada) fish are supposed to be through the area. We've learned to live with it.

MA 13 has also been MSF for coho.

The question then becomes would those who fish MA 8-1, 8-2, and 9 through 12 accept a MSF fishery for coho?

A couple of other questions:

How much of the increased catches in past years was due to hatchery production in WA waters that has been cut back over the years?

What was the impact of the PDO on fish survival for WA/OR waters fisheries over the past 25+ years? Might that be changing now?