Here's is where the concern should be, I think.

PS Chinook listed in the early 90s. We cut back hydro, worked on habitat, tweaked fisheries, based on our models. The runs have not rebounded.

Starting with Stilly, they (Tribe) stopped killing wild Chinook, the state made great reductions and went selective in some fisheries. Little use of hatcheries. Put in all sorts of land-use restrictions. IT HASN"T WORKED.

We are getting to the point where the real world data says what is being done is not enough. This includes AK and BC as NOAA is open to lawsuits for not enforcing ESA and CITIES but that would come from a third party like Greenpeace or Sea Shepherd.

As the 2016 fiasco showed, some Tribes do not support the NI fishery achieving its allowed catch and impacts if it affects theirs. When selective fisheries occur, and they take their full ESA impact, it the precludes a non-selective fishery from taking all the target fish.

I think we re approaching a point where NOAA has to face some hard choices. Cut back/eliminate AK mixed stock catch, negotiate BC off of US fish, either get the tribes to fish selectively of close down NI.

It is the fish or cut bait, [Bleeeeep!] or get off the pot time. Do something so that the return to the gravel significantly exceeds the parent year. Real numbers, not model runs.