Let's just put everyone's "Outrage" into context here....

The carcasses, whether you think they were properly utilized or not, at least still have an ecological function. Since the vast majority, if not all of these chum were produced in the hatchery (McKernan) which, BTW Salmo G., is funded by the Purse Seine Vessels Association, not by the State, and George Adams doesn't release chum, what's the problem. What, you guys would have caught them all?

So now, let's talk about really impacts the salmon resource:

Dams in the State of WA:


Population:




Great record of land Stewardship:






You're probably right though....It's the Indians "wasting" fish.