Salmon Gear Limitation in 

 Northern Washington Waters 



An Economic, Biological, and Legal Survey of the Salmon Resource 

 of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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I. INTRODUCTION by William F. Royce, Professor, Fisheries 



Research Institute 1 



Authorization of Study 5 



The Salmon Resource of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of 

 Juan de Fuca 5 



Summary of the Treaty 6 



Organization of the Study 8 



II. TRENDS IN PRODUCTIVITY OF PUGET SOUND SALMON by 

 Donald E. Bevan, Research Associate Professor, Fisheries 

 Research Institute and James A. Crutchfield, Associate 

 Professor, Department of Economics 10 



III. BIOSTATISTICAL ANALYSES by Gerald J. Paulik, Assistant 



Professor of Fisheries and Donald E. Bevan, Research 



Associate Professor, Fisheries Research Institute 18 



Timing 18 



Route of Migration 20 



Size of the Runs 24 



Gear 25 



The Mathematical Description of the Fishery 28 



Validation of the Model 30 



The Economic Sector of the Simulation Model 32 



Conservation and Management of the Runs 35 



IV. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS by James A. Crutchfield, Associate 



Professor, Department of Economics 37 



Standards of Economic Performance 37 



Present Economic Condition of the Salmon Fishery 38 



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