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Something for folks to keep in mind is unlike the situation in the 1970s and 80s virtually all the Puget Sound salmon fisheries likely catch spring Chinook are now mark selective for Chinook- fish with an adipose fin must be released. This management response to Chinook concerns in those areas reduces recreational impacts to wild Chinook by more than 80%!


The value from using that mark selective tool in management can not be over stated; produces significant more recreational man-days and hatchery fish harvested for a given allowed impacts on stocks of concerns.

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