The ocean survival topic so far is very interesting. Though El Nino, La Nina and PDO do play a part in how many fish return to our rivers we must remember that those three elements have been around as long as the fish have.
A few months ago on the Gillnetters web page there was an article on the amount of bait fish being harvested by the fish farm industry to feed aquaculture fish. The article said that as much as 27% of the worlds bait fish are now being harvested to feed aquaculture. If that is true then the chances that our Steelhead & Salmon may be starving to death in their ocean journey.
Just wondering if anyone knows what the estimated amount of Squid and Herring that are harvested from Alaska to California a year?
Some how when all is said and done I have the feeling that Aquaculture will be the finale thing that wipes out our wild runs of Salmon and Steelhead.