No eyes,

I was there with the 99 sockeye in 1985. Talk about a grim outlook, but some stories have good endings.

About 194,000 sockeye smolts out of Baker Lake so far, and over 90,000 from the new Lower Baker collector in Lake Shannon. I don't think they are quite to the half way point in the out-migration yet. Indeed, it's looking to be a good season for smolt production.

IR,

The LW escapement goal is not the definition of stupidity. But it probably satisfies the definition of the least risky decision. Change from the status quo entails risk. Even though the status quo entails risk. Aha! But the status quo is risk already accepted. People are funny. Makes me wish I'd studied psychology and sociology more.

Sg