Puget Sound Chinook Harvest Plan Submitted To NMFS For Approval; Would Reduce Some Fishing To Protect ‘Critically Depressed’ Stocks

Fishery managers with Puget Sound treaty tribes and the Washington Department Fish and Wildlife last week submitted a 10-year Puget Sound Chinook Harvest Management Plan intended to enable harvesting of strong stocks while minimizing impacts to stocks “in crisis.” It could mean less fishing to protect the weaker stocks.