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Weekly Columbia River Salmon Runs Fishing Reports

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Columbia River Salmon Reports

Columbia River Harvest Management

Fish Program - Southwest Region 9
May 28, 2004

Columbia River Salmon Runs - Adult Spring Chinook
RUN
PRE-SEASON
FORECAST
UPDATED
FORECAST
HATCHERY ESC. GOAL
NATURAL ESC. GOAL
HATCHERY ESCAPEMENT
SPORT CATCH
TRIBAL CATCH
COMMENTS:
Below Bonneville Dam
Deep River
 
Slow
Fisheries in Deep, Grays, and Elochoman rivers opened 5/20/04.
Cowlitz River
15,900
>15,900
1,150
 
6,607
Slow
Six salmon (not more than two adults).
Hatchery has 260 on hand.
Green River
 
Slow
Six salmon (not more than two adults).
Kalama River
6,000
>6,000
450
500
1,003
Fair
Six salmon (not more than two adults).
Hatchery has 333 on hand.
123 adults put upstream.
Lewis River
5,400
>5,400
750
 
1,545
Fair
Six salmon (not more than two adults).
Hatchery has 697 on hand.
Distributed 729 to tribes.
Bonneville to McNary
Wind River
12,700
<12,700
1,200
 
1,143
Fair
>127
Two salmonid daily limit.
Drano Lake (LWS)
8,400
8,400
1,500
 
1,644
Slow
2,909
Two salmonid daily limit.
Sport fishery closed Wednesdays.
White Salmon River
500
500
 
Slow
0
Two salmonid daily limit.
Klickitat River
3,500
>3,500
500
500
530
Good
333
Two salmonid daily limit, three days per week.
Sport season change 6/1. See notes.
Above McNary Dam
Yakima River
19,200
>13,000
n.a.
 
786
Sport season open.
Tribal season open.
Ringold      
Icicle River
5,700
10,000
1,000
 
700
Slow
139
Sport season open.
Tribal season open.
Hatchery Ladder opened this week.

Notes:
Tribal fishery data through 5/15/04.
Klickitat sport fishery shifts to 7 days per week effective 6/1/04 and will be open from mouth to markers at the hatchery with a six fish, not more than 2 adultsdaily limit.
The area from Fisher Hill Bridge to 400 feet above Number 5 fishway remains closed waters.

Columbia River Harvest Management

DAM
2003
CUM.
TEN YR. AVG.
CUM. COUNT
TEN YR. AVG
FINAL COUNT
PROJECTED
FINAL COUNT
COMMENTS:
Bonneville
165,015
127,158
130,340
169,611
Projected final uses average timing proportion.
Projected final does not represent the TAC update.
McNary
97,318
59,547
66,238
110,777
Projected final uses average timing proportion.
Priest Rapids
10,698
13,254
14,468
12,511
Projected final uses average timing proportion.
Rock Island
8,006
9,105
11,228
11,513
Projected final uses average timing proportion.
Rocky Reach
3,192
3,057
3,931
5,202
Projected final uses average timing proportion.
Wells
1,916
1,646
2,594
5,512
Projected final uses average timing proportion.
Ice Harbor
68,592
37,936
44,344
86,106
Projected final uses average timing proportion.
Lower Granite
57,994
31,461
40,827
90,235
Projected final uses average timing proportion.
Prosser
9,743
Roza
6,635

Notes:
COE dam counts through 5/27/04.
PR Dam count through 5/27/04.
RI Dam count through 5/25/04.
RR Dam count through 5/25/04.
Wells Dam count through 5/26/04.
Prosser Dam counts through 5/25/04.
Roza Dam counts through 5/25/04.


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