Originally Posted By: MPM
Maybe it's obvious, but why does it matter how BC/AK do it?
That makes sense, I guess, but how does AK play into it?



Example

Here is a quote from Lorraine Loomis NWIFC Chair;

“Making matters worse, lack of monitoring by federal fisheries managers last year allowed Southeast Alaska commercial fishermen to exceed their harvest quota by more than 100,000 Chinook. Most of those fish were bound for Washington waters.”

Now read Hoh v Baldridge and see what devastate effects an ocean harvest can have on terminal fisheries.

Now read the Puget Sound Chinook Harvest Management Plan that will answer most to all your questions.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00854/wdfw00854.pdf

“On average since 2000, 30% of the harvest mortality of Elwha, 60% of Hoko, 11% of Stillaguamish summer, and 27% of Skagit summer Chinook occurred in Alaska (CTC 2008)”-- read on for more rates.

IMO, these mixed stock intercept fisheries has resulted in Washington and Puget Sound once being a destination of tourist fishing dollars now leaving a gaping hole in both revenue and the memory of how things once was.
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