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Columbia River Harvest Management

Fish Program - Southwest Region 9
June 13, 2003

Columbia River Salmon Runs - Adult Spring Chinook
RUN
PRE-SEASON
FORECAST
UPDATED
FORECAST
HATCHERY ESC. GOAL
NATURAL ESC. GOAL
HATCHERY ESCAPEMENT
NATURAL (WILD) ESCAPEMENT
SPORT CATCH
TRIBAL CATCH
COMMENTS:
Below Bonneville Dam
Deep River
 
Six salmon (not more than two adults).
Cowlitz River
4,900
 
1,150
5,019
235
Poor

Six salmon (not more than two adults).
478 adults on hand at hatchery.
Six salmon (not more than two adults).

Green River
 
 
Kalama River
3,600
 
450
500
2,085
114
Poor
Six salmon (not more than two adults).
401 adults on hand at hatchery.
Lewis River
3,100
 
750
2,529
131
Poor
Six salmon (not more than two adults).
791 adults on hand at hatchery.
Bonneville to McNary
Wind River
14,300
 
1,200
6,708
Fair
179
Four salmonid daily limit.
Drano Lake (LWS)
6,500
 
1,500
1,844
Poor
3,626
Two salmonid daily limit.
1,434 adults on hand at hatchery.
White Salmon River
500
 
Poor
0
Two salmonid daily limit.
Klickitat River
3,700
 
500
500
695
Fair
737
Six fish, no more than two adults, daily limit 6/1.
Sport fishery 7 days/week mouth to hatchery 6/1.
Above McNary Dam
Yakima River
6,400
 
n.a.
335
 
Ringold
 
No spring chinook return expected.
Icicle River
4,000
6,500
1,000
2,135
626

860 adults on hand at hatchery.
Daily limit 2 salmon.

Notes:
Night closure and non-buoyant lure restriction.
Hatchery escapement information through 6/11.
Hatchery escapement numbers include fish put downstream.
Tribal catch estimate through 5/24.
I plan to begin updating run sizes next week.

Columbia River Harvest Management

DAM
2003
CUM.
TEN YR. AVG.
CUM. COUNT
TEN YR. AVG
FINAL COUNT
PROJECTED
FINAL COUNT
COMMENTS:
Bonneville     
195,770
122,223
Final Count
 
McNary
96,416
62,559
Final Count
 
Priest Rapids
16,508
15,157
15,578
16,916
 
Rock Island
15,573
10,757
11,502
16,005
 
Rocky Reach
4,145
3,752
4,046
4,277
 
Wells
1,448
2,006
2,404
1,588
 
Ice Harbor
73,958
38,034
38,999
75,138
 
Lower Granite
58,146
32,704
35,873
60,841
 
Prosser
4,212
6,358
 
Roza
1,277
 

Notes:
Dam counts through 6/8.
Prosser counts through 5/29.
Roza counts through 6/5.


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