I looked through the action item list for the Governor's $1.1 billion orca proposal. I agree with Carcassman that none of it will serve the immediate problem of inadequate forage for SRKWs. And I don't think most of it will ever provide more than a token or very modest increase in effective Chinook forage for the orcas. It's not enough to just produce Chinook, they have to be Chinook, preferably large ones, that are in the right place at the right time in order to feed the orcas. PS hatchery Chinook means Green River fall Chinook. That is the only major hatchery Chinook stock throughout PS. All the new hatchery Chinook will be available in the same places and same times as the existing hatchery Chinook production. And they now average 12 pounds at maturity, and they are relatively concentrated in time and space such that they are available to the SRKWs for a short time, relative to their dietary need.

The Governor's proposal is a feel good product, more about political optics than saving orcas.