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[QUOTE=Mike P;
As far as the overall stock's health--at the bottom, in the early 80s, they estimated the coastwide biomass at 6 million fish. While we may be down from the estimated 50 million fish of a few years ago, the assessments that I've seen still place the overall biomass at over 30 million fish.
But and a BIG BUT as I've said before, It now takes 3 times the spawning biomass to produce the same YOY as it did 20 yrs ago.
For a myriad of reasons I'm sure.
The cynic in me thinks this issue is beyond fishermen alone to affect.
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