Since QIN and non-treaty commercials won't or can't fish selectively, the easiest way to conserve wild Hump coho is to close the Humptulips hatchery. I'm not anti-hatchery, but it seems more and more that the zeal to harvest surplus hatchery chinook and coho is the direct cause of under-escaped salmon runs. If fisheries are dependent on natural production, at least there is an incentive to manage for wild fish abundance. Not to mention, the Hump is great coho habitat, probably better than the Chehalis on a hectare by hectare basis.

Sg