I was reading some stuff out of BC yesterday about their limited entry permits. where the author of the paper was saying that because they didn't set a tonnage limit on the permits. when they went to limited entry the net result was for the fleet to expand by over 400% based on tonnage. this happened between 68 and 77 I think. their catch actually went up (not nearly 400% but an increase) not down. as we know most of the fish they catch in the ocean up there come from Washington rivers so I am sure that didn't help the resources either.

Salmo g, is there a good paper out there that brings all the issues of the just after Bolt days to light? we had the Oregon Coho crash, the increased catch in Alaska and BC, the nets in all the rivers, expansive growth and de-watering in California, high seas drift netting... all around the same time it seems. I would love to read a whole coast wide how we got here paper.