Originally Posted By: wsu
It seems clear that reducing mixed stock fishing is going to happen. The question is why would WDFW agree to take the brunt of that and not force change north of the border where most harvest occurs?


How do we get change north of the border?
If we came out with a management plan similar to the status quo, how would it get approved by NOAA? Why would those up north reduce there 71.1% of Stilly mortality?

We had to make drastic cuts here to expect any change. We are unlikely to see any change, but just slight reductions on SUS stocks north of the border could have big effects on all our Salmon runs.