Question: Will rec fishers be allowed to target Coho? It is hard to believe anyone would pretend to troll for chum.

I doubt it as the numbers do not support it. Keeping in mind that the harvest planning model is last years reduced season ( two week Sept shut down ) with 2021 run forecast and will change but things look really tight. NT share for 2021 is 5809 for wild Coho and as modeled with last years season harvest would be 4657. Then this if we failed to make escapement in 2020 we are in the GH Policy 3/5 box ( failed to make escapement 3 out of 5 years ) and are limited to an wild impact of 5% of the run forecast which is 2006 harvestable adults. In the preseason electronic meeting staff said they are still working on the 2020 returns so that is an unknown.

To protect my poor computer from a e mail melt down NO I do not know why it is taking so long to get the 2020 numbers into the season setting process.