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While there may be a number of non-WDFW?NOAA/tribal folks willing to address the shrinking Chinook issue the reality is that to date those folks do not seem to have engaged in the debate. That issue has been brought forward in NOF as well as on various boards. In the case of the NOF process in spite of the issue being placed on the table a number of times over the last decade those participating in the process or the sport fish advisors have been unwilling to even discuss the issue.

While as CM suggests the issue potentially require a global approach there are local (Washington) acts that could be helpful. First and foremost would be the winter blackmouth fishery which impacts substantially more sub-adults than the summer fishery. Perhaps an area that might provide the most immediate benefits to the fishers would with the hatchery Chinook. Every year there are several Puget Sound hatcheries that have significant surplus rack returns (from 1,000s to 10,000s). For those programs it would rather straight forward to apply some reverse selective on the brood stock ; that is selecting for larger/faster growing individuals.

Curt