The only way to keep the traditional full weeks of the season would be to restrict harvest in October. The graph that staff sent out shows % of harvest by weeks and with limited impacts it is simple. To have impacts at the front and end of the season you have to restrict the heavy impact weeks in October by time or harvest restrictions. Think of it like the marine fisheries. They do four, five days to extend the season for a longer period. If they went all out at peak run timing they would be off the water much much sooner.

The season was pretty much set outside the local NOF by Olympia due to the fact that the Feds put a 20% Coho limiter. GH ended at 20.7% and the Canadians did not accept but did not object either so whatever was in the mix at that time was pretty much set in concrete.

Now one gentleman I know called BS for the simple fact that it is marine harvest that caused us to reach 20.7 which is true but remember Phil Anderson is in the PFMC mix which means marine will always take priority over terminal. It is what it is.