Email from Region 6 Grays Harbor management's Mike Scharpf on data used in the 2024 Harvest model.

Good morning all,

Allen has a good eye and thanks for the review. I’ve looked through the model and see that week 42 harvest rate includes 2010 data, where the weekly harvest rate was about 15% that year. He is correct that 161 hatchery Chinook is way out of the expectation, sorry that didn’t catch my eye. I’ve updated the model to use the most recent three-year average for each week. The adjustment reduces the 2A/D hatchery Chinook number to 20. That seems like a much more realistic number. We will send out an updated model later today, as there is a QIN/State meeting at 9:30. I think we are close and hope to finalize things today, but there are still two more days. I’m looking forward to the meeting next Tuesday the 16th at 6pm.

If anyone sees anything else in the model that seems out of the ordinary, please let me know. Sorry I overlooked our hatchery Chinook😊