There have now been nine consecutive months of the warm ocean conditions or positive numbers for the PDO. Normally this is an unfavorable condition for the food chain that salmon depend on and could have a substantial negative impact on the coho run size next year. My limited sampling of Grays Harbor coho this year suggests that the fish are smaller than normal which could be a hint that the food source is limited for a run that started out with good survival in a favorable ocean. Another hint is the lack of anchovies in the bay. I have not been able to find any and there have been few pelicans even searching the bay.