Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
Rivrguy,

Well, you got me pegged at astoundingly ignorant. I'm the dummy who proposed letting the small projected surplus of chum salmon hit the gravel, and that seemed to be the general tenor of the meeting. Imagine my surprise when the gillnet season was published.

My interest in GH is predicated on the premise that the co-managers actually intend to have enough wild fish escape to spawn and maintain natural production. I mean, they even have escapement goals.

I continue to be amazed that WDFW is like totally separate agencies in different regions. In Region 4 if the cowboys had taken more than the available chum allocation their coho season would be over. Different rules apply in GH, where conservation appears to be a coincidental by-product of unintended under-harvest.

Thanks for the heads up.

Sg



Salmo g, I fully agree with your assessment of the NOF meeting concerning the few chum available for harvest. I even inquired of region 6 if there was some other place where the decision to gill net them was made. They replied "NOF contains the full discussion relative to forecasts, conservation objectives (e.g. spawning escapement, directed chum moratorium), and harvest opportunity. Decisions are made during the meetings with strong constituent input."

I have to wonder if the NOF input is actually even considered in the process.