Weren't the salmon here smaller because they were starving because the blob killed all their feed? If we want to rebuild our stocks we might look south, I mean way south. Chile and their Austral Kings that are originally from the cowlitz yet they have some massive fish return to their rivers. How?

Do they dredge offshore collecting the salmon as bycatch? Do they fish commerically for them in the ocean?

My guess is they have big ass fish there because they are allowed to stay out 5-8 years and there is plenty of feed.

AK is gonna wipeout all their fish in no time and we would see greater returns if they would layoff the southern stocks. Change their openings and their locations so we can see some fish return.