The 350K was based on some recent observed escapements and was set up for the Cedar River ONLY and as a test to see how it worked. As "management" evolved, the goal was applied to the whole basin. Which actually lowered the Cedar goal.

But, recalculation a year later showed that there had been a significant under-estimate that was used to set the 350K.

At the time that goals were being set the IPSFC bios looked at the lake and river and suggested that if Lake Washington was a Fraser trib that their goal would be a million.

As is noted, recent evaluations show that the goal could/should be lowered. But, the same argument about not loading up with spawners (try half a mill, a mill) to see how that works.

You are right that PS coho were all that was actually based on habitat. Again, to show the intransigence about raising goals, the Skagit system was physically surveyed (not taken from maps) and about twice as much habitat was found to be there. Goal remained the same.

The creek I worked on was mapped at half the available anadromous area used to set the coho goal.