I think that we need to start thinking of, you know, what's called escapement as spawners or eggs in the ground or an investment. And as an example, chinook salmon on the Cusco quim, The spawner recruit ratio [for chinook salmon on the Kuskokwim] used to be one to six. That spawner recruit ratio is now one to less than one. So we have to be so much more intentional about these investments and eggs in the gravel. So that's one of the. That's one. Two is best science. (15:23–15:37)
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Asserts that the spawner recruit ratio for chinook salmon on the Kuskokwim has drastically decreased.
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