The number of hatchery fish has dropped dramatically in the last ten years. It was 24,948 H & 127,429 W this year in the FRAM. So in a perfect world you would get 5.1 W to each H. As the fish hit the Satsop in numbers you will see more H taken. Chinook it is 19,396 W with 1119 H so the ratio would be 17.3 W to 1 H.

These are the total preseason paper fish numbers forecast and not the harvestable numbers so one should keep that in mind. Also in the world of paper fish ALL paper fish must die. After PFMC and the FRAM is locked in it is all about harvesting these fish. Conservation is another thing so if you fishing take your fish because next time around if the sports can not demonstrate they can take them the NT nets will.

Before I get killed here I did not say I agreed with what WDF&W does in R-6 but it is what happens.