Alison Morrow just aired a spot on the Ten Year Chinook Salmon Plan.

This is a link to the on web story. Take notice of Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Chair's comment. It's important to note that the State and the Tribes had an option to Opt Out of the confidentiality portion but chose not to. Rather, they continued to meet behind closed doors, damaging further the trust they say is needed to save our salmon!

King5 Salmon Fishing may be severly Restricted

(The reference to Chair Loomis' Comment pertains to her comment that is contained in the Web posted story. There was not enough time to include it in the TV spots that were run. Sorry for the confusion)

Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Chair Lorraine Loomis sent KING the following statement:

"The updated Puget Sound Chinook Harvest Management Plan was developed in response to the stock's ongoing decline due to habitat loss. It was developed by the state and tribal salmon co-managers through court-mediated negotiations that began earlier this year. Negotiations took place under a confidential court process, which limited participation to policy representatives of the federal government and the treaty tribal and state co-managers. NOAA will now begin an 18-month administrative review process that will include public comment."

Is there a new video of the broadcast?

All I saw on the webpage was the old video that aired last spring

I expect the night crew of techs @ KING5 will get it straightened out and proper by early AM tomorrow. Allison Morrow was preparing for a flight to Atlanta this evening, had the correct footage of video included in tonight's 5:00 broadcast...but something went awry when the story was put up on the website. They will get it right.

Looks like it's fixed. Nice clip of Carpenter in there from the TVW videotape of last Friday's Commission meeting.

TVW is the reigning poster-child for transparency in open public meetings.

They deserve a big hand!

Hahaha! The picture they used in the news report in the background was an Atlantic Salmon jumping!



....slow clap....

I've asked to have the video clips they use be vetted a little better. The stock footage of the rec. guy reeling in a salmon, while the narrative talks about conservation sends a mixed message. We are the champions of conservation. I asked for equal air time for the showing of nets.

No doubt. They should be rewarded with the expanded role of covering ALL meetings conducted by ANY State committee, board or elected official involved in representing the citizens of Washington State. That's odd---I was under the impression that was the purpose of the Open Public Meetings Act/Sunshine Laws now on the books?

I agree Bay Wolf. The message sent by showing the fisherman landing a salmon is mixed.... and no surprise there is no footage of salmon rotting in a net on the river bank.

In fairness to Alison Morrow. The stock video footage they inserted was out of her control. She submitted the story as she was on a plane.

It's true that the media as a whole could do a better job in exposing what is really going on in our fisheries. I give a lot of credit to Alison, as she is the only one who is willing to point a finger at the WDFW and tell the truth. The other media outlets should follow her lead.

Weren't you the one that told me they get tons of advertising dollars from the tribes and will not show them in a bad light?

In this current age of media hype, they are desperate for still and moving images to help sell a story.... even when they might be totally inaccurate or irrelevant.

The still image in the first version of the article about a 10 yr Puget Sound chinook plan was of all things... a pair of spawning sockeye.

The still image in the live broadcast was indeed a boot Atlantic salmon.

The video clip of the guys catching the king with hook/line was from the Columbia estuary, emphatically NOT Puget Sound... featuring of all things... a WILD king headed for the box. SHEESH!

You and I on this board might know better, but thankfully the average Joe Blow probably doesn't. Regardless, a bit of authenticity would be nice, and lend much more credibility to the story.

Creative departments only have access to certain / limited stock images at a moment's notice / story deadline. They grab a picture and slam it in with zero subject expertise. 3 seconds consideration is given to this entire process. If you want a story correct image, then you have to actually plan out the release of the story, send a photog into the field with a guide, catch the right fish at the right time of year, take the pic and submit. That's a time and money sink-hole and MGMT + Accounting says absolutely no way. In fact, the photog was laid off because of stock images.

So the answer is to buy an image of any salmon and call it good. They could put a Blue Marlin or Goldfish in that story and nobody would notice. To 99% of the population, a fish is just a fish is just a fish. Same with that Creative Department. Most Creatives haven't ever even left their city coffee shops, let alone ever held a fishing rod in their hands.

If you want a story out there (any story), it's not that hard. Forget local news and go world-wide today and for free. You just gotta have a compelling or shocking story. So make it compelling or shocking. Also - you better be telling the 100% truth OR have a deep wallet for the eventual lawsuits.