Originally Posted By: Carcassman
The way most updates work is that you need to do them either where you clearly know the stock (terminal area/bay-river) or invest in genetics or scale reading to separate mixed stocks. With pink there used to be Fraser Panel genetics work that would at least give a heads-up as to what US (read Puget Sound) pinks were doing on the approach routes. It would money and commitment to rapid turn around to get mixed-stock updates for pinks.

Pinks are probably not worth the effort in WDFW's mind. Heck, since they don't many (if any) updates anymore maybe noe of it is worth the effort.


Are the pinks which stage in "Humpy Hollow" truly mixed Snohomish/Stilly/Skagit fish? Or do the Stilly/Skagit fish stage closer to their home rivers? If the latter could there be a recreational fishery along the eastern shore between Edmonds and Mukilteo? Trying to think somewhat outside the current MA configurations; just not sure if LE/WDFW would think it worth their effort to manage.
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