cosmo
04-03-2003, 10:29 AM
North of Falcon finished up yesterday. The fishery should shape up something like this:
B-10, 77% Season, Probably a 1 chinook limit, that depending on the bite may or may not last until Labor Day (it will be close). Good thing on silvers, a last minute move may have secured a 1 chinook + 2 silver limit or 3 silvers (good silver year). There is still a lot of time between now and August, these fisheries have to be confirmed by the Commissions.
Upriver Fishery- 90% Season- Above the B-10 fishery, the bite is heavily dependant on water temperature and flow. If it goes gangbusters, 90% will not be enough to maintain all of September. We'll have to wait and see how it goes off. 2 Chinook limit.
Ocean-- Ocean fisheries were expanded this year, with what I beleive is the earliest opener in a long time if not ever.
For those who have followed the models, D-2 was the one that emerged from the process.
Fish Split in the CR:
Up River Brights: 48% Comm/ 52% Sport
Total Chinook: 57% Comm/ 43% Sport
What is really interesting in the process, is that ocean fisheries and inland fisheries are managed somewhat seperately, but obviously, one effects the other. If you have thought that there are a lot of fish harvested in the CR, consider this: (and it is a mouthful)
Of the CR fall run, in a total look at where the fish are harvested, including AK and BC fisheries as well as WA & OR, roughly 85% of the harvest takes place in the ocean while these CR fisheries (net and sport), although we consider them large, are only roughly 15% of total harvest.
If you cut out AK & BC and only look at WA & OR, the numbers are roughtly 75% ocean, 25% inriver.
I had to use roughly in all cases because there were 14 different models out there, each with slightly different numbers. Overall, though, it really does put some fisheries in perspective.
[ 04-03-2003, 11:40 AM: Message edited by: cosmo ]
B-10, 77% Season, Probably a 1 chinook limit, that depending on the bite may or may not last until Labor Day (it will be close). Good thing on silvers, a last minute move may have secured a 1 chinook + 2 silver limit or 3 silvers (good silver year). There is still a lot of time between now and August, these fisheries have to be confirmed by the Commissions.
Upriver Fishery- 90% Season- Above the B-10 fishery, the bite is heavily dependant on water temperature and flow. If it goes gangbusters, 90% will not be enough to maintain all of September. We'll have to wait and see how it goes off. 2 Chinook limit.
Ocean-- Ocean fisheries were expanded this year, with what I beleive is the earliest opener in a long time if not ever.
For those who have followed the models, D-2 was the one that emerged from the process.
Fish Split in the CR:
Up River Brights: 48% Comm/ 52% Sport
Total Chinook: 57% Comm/ 43% Sport
What is really interesting in the process, is that ocean fisheries and inland fisheries are managed somewhat seperately, but obviously, one effects the other. If you have thought that there are a lot of fish harvested in the CR, consider this: (and it is a mouthful)
Of the CR fall run, in a total look at where the fish are harvested, including AK and BC fisheries as well as WA & OR, roughly 85% of the harvest takes place in the ocean while these CR fisheries (net and sport), although we consider them large, are only roughly 15% of total harvest.
If you cut out AK & BC and only look at WA & OR, the numbers are roughtly 75% ocean, 25% inriver.
I had to use roughly in all cases because there were 14 different models out there, each with slightly different numbers. Overall, though, it really does put some fisheries in perspective.
[ 04-03-2003, 11:40 AM: Message edited by: cosmo ]