For purposes of discussing Puget Sound Chinook hatchery production please keep in mind that the total number of hatchery releases decreased by 57% (43,580,294) from 1990 (76,989,568) to 2016 (33,409,274). So an additional 10MM fish would represent an increase of only 25% of what was lost due to decreases in General Fund appropriations and its dance partner ESA listed Chinook stocks.

Too bad that KNKX didn't dig into that reduction, northern fisheries, habitat and the not to be discussed by polite people 800 pound gorillas of pinniped predation and non-selective fishing particularly on the ESA listed stocks.

I know, preaching to the choir.....