Another stellar day!

[LSR83]

I think that historically we have been losing way to many smolts headed down the river. The remaining survivors are then even further reduced because there are not enough fish so predators hammer em'. You can compare salmon runs to farming crops. If you get behind (less smolt hitting the ocean) you are never going to catch up (small returns). Can't make a good chinook run out of crappy smolt survival no matter how good the ocean conditions are.
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