Q.
What is the current state of salmon and steelhead populations?
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Salmon and steelhead populations fluctuate, sometimes widely so, on an annual basis due to variability in freshwater and ocean conditions. Just as one tracks the performance of a financial portfolio it is important to focus on long-term trends, not a single annual return. As the data clearly reveal, the long-term trends are not improving and there is no evidence to suggest that we can achieve abundant and harvestable populations without major changes in our recovery actions.