Thanks for the reply. I understand where you're coming from. I was mainly just trying to show that the impact of Ak. sport and comm. trollers is less than might be generally thought. I have no info on whether Ak. trollers have caused the extinction of stocks in any small streams and I won't speculate on the odds of it happening. Also, I won't speculate on whether there is actually more of a chance that small tributaries of the Hoh, or other rivers, could be wiped out by comparatively more concentrated sportfishing in the mainstem (sure, they might get re-populated faster and by fish that are more genetically similar than a tidewater stream). But if they shut down the sport harvest of kings in the "Hoh" just because of the possibility, I doubt it would go over too well. If they survey every trib of every river, then I've just been talking out my butt.



I do have some more counterpoints,including some numbers comparing the Ak. troll harvest to B.C./south harvest of endangered Or. and Wa. runs, but to heck with it. There's a difference where we draw our lines on this subject, but the lines seem to be only a fraction of an inch apart. An' that's all Ah have ta say about theyahhht.

[This message has been edited by AkBill (edited 12-21-1999).]