The trap design thus far in Willapa does not even slightly resemble the one in the picture but if you want to have it PM me and I will dig it up. Second issue is this, any harvest method has NOR morts and the method in the photo will have a substantial one as you have to physically handle them. Now that said it would still work but it is the mix of H&W's which narrows things right down to yikes in the Willapa. This year the trap was allocated 24 NOR morts for its operation from the commercial side. Others running the math to get down to the HSRG numbers of hatchery staying allowed would use up both the commercial and REC NOR impacts on Chinook morts at a 4 to 10% coming from the trap. Selective fishing commercially with a trap in Willapa is not likely practical as the NOR population is much much smaller than the hatchery. It is the unspoken thing for those of us who worked in hatcheries. You need a strong vibrant NOR population that is proportional for harvest. In other words the hatchery production harvest must fit within the the limiting NOR populations ability to support the harvest impacts. It does not in Willapa at this time. Wrong fish, wrong place, wrong approach, that simple.
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Dazed and confused.............the fog is closing in