Originally Posted By: eyeFISH
The conservation objective is achieved as long as we don't go over 2935 paper chinook. Beyond that, there will be no other discussion about conservation.



I should qualify this...

A few of us will be urging R6 to carefully re-assess the assumptions that go into the harvest model.... namely (1) the mixing ratios of Chehalis and Hump in various areas of Grays Harbor and (2) an honest accounting of the chinook-fishing power of both fleets.

If one makes invalid assumptions, then one can easily and significantly understate the number of paper fish (wild Chehalis kings) that are expected to die in these fisheries.

The historic record on actual rec harvest (post season) repeatedly blows the predicted chinook harvest numbers right outta the water.
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