Historic Steelhead Abundance: Washington NW Coast and Puget Sound

The Hoh River Trust owns and manages 4,685 acres of land to provide refugia for expression of Hoh River salmonid biodiversity outside of Olympic National Park. This paper provides a thorough historic perspective from which to manage for perpetuation of steelhead as but one indicator of the larger Hoh River ecosystem.

Over-Escapement: Is there a Problem?

The Wild Salmon Center has produced this White Paper in response to the concept of “over-escapement” being used as a justification for increased commercial harvest of salmon. The purpose of this paper is to examine the origin and uses of this controversial concept, and to explore the variety of perspectives on over-escapement. Is it a problem, or is it simply a natural occurrence in wild salmon ecology?