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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The
salmon puzzle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Eureka
Times-Standard-4/19/10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>By
John Driscoll</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>There
are dozens of pieces to a salmon season. For a salmon season to be good,
however, those things must fit together like a jigsaw puzzle and not work their
way apart over the summer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>First,
you need to have salmon. One thing nobody ever seems to know is just how many
salmon are out in the ocean, no matter how sophisticated the computer model
being used. An educated guess seems to be nearly as trustworthy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Next,
you need to have food in the ocean. Large numbers of salmon eat enormous
amounts of krill, sardines, anchovies and squid, and the abundance of them
depends on the third requirement: Wind. Northwest wind, to be specific, wind
that literally stirs the cold water and its nutrients from the ocean bottom to
feed those lesser creatures that feed our king salmon. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Fourth
on the list is not too much wind. Weather off the North Coast can not only make
it unsafe to head to sea, but excessive northwest wind churns up the water so
much that it turns almost black, and salmon don't bite in black water. Last
year, you had to motor 14 miles out to find water clear enough to put a salmon
on the hook. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Fifth
is the Pacific Fishery Management Council. The council decides how much we get
to fish, when and where, and it has a tough time of it. It's got fishermen on
the one side and laws on the other, and sometimes they agree and sometimes they
don't and always they are dealing with estimates of the number of salmon
swimming in an enormous swath of ocean -- estimates are as rough as the winter
Pacific. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Among
the things the council determines is the length of the season. The shorter the
season, the less likely you are to get on the water. Unlike pursuits that aren't
weather dependent, you can't just want to go salmon fishing so badly that
you'll go no matter what; the ocean is dangerous. Also, a short salmon season
doesn't account for the natural shifts in salmon migration along the coast. You
may not be able to wait until the bite is hot, or skip fishing when it's cold. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This
year, the season runs from May 29 to Sept. 6, a season so generous compared to
recent years that it begs for fireworks. If nothing else, it calls for
perspective, a final component that doesn't make or break the productivity of a
salmon season, but does instill an appreciation that makes you enjoy it to its
fullest. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We've
suffered enough on the North Coast in the past several years to have lots of
perspective. And that perspective should make up for the lack in any other
pieces of the puzzle this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
of Trinity River</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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94942-2327</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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