Originally Posted By: eyeFISH


It's even worse in Grays Harbor where the QIN, WDFW and PFMC all have DIFFERENT conservation metrics for what constitutes when the run is "officially" in trouble.


Example... Grays Harbor Chinook

WDFW uses segregated sub-basin habitat-based goals of 9753 for Chehalis and 3573 for Humptulips

QIN uses the aggregate goal of 13326 for the entire GH basin... regardless of whether either of the sub-basins fails to meet goal.

PFMC uses strictly an MSY goal of 11388, and does NOT consider Grays Harbor to be "overfished" until the 3 yr geometric mean is HALF of the MSY goal (5694).... all the while allowing fishery exploitation rates of up to 78% before they think the fish are in trouble.

YOU heard it right! The feds believe that 78% exploitation is 100% A-OK until the spawner escapement falls BELOW 5694 basinwide.

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