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Fish Managers Expect 2015 Columbia River Salmon
Runs to Top 2 Million Fish; Run by Run Numbers

by Staff
Columbia Basin Bulletin, March 27, 2015

A small boat load of young anglers display their catch of Chinook salmon. Columbia River salmon runs should top 2 million fish again in 2015, continuing a trend of record or near-record runs over last decade compared to runs in the 1990s, fish managers reported to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council this month.

"The 2015 run and the runs of recent years really show a big bounceback since the 1990s," Bill Tweit of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, told the Council at its March meeting. "We still are in a period of higher than average salmon productivity in the Columbia River. We know it can't last forever, but it's more fun than managing scarcity."

Run by run, here is an overview:

Related Pages:
More Big Numbers Expected For 2015 Fall Chinook Return To Columbia; Third Highest Since 1938 CBB, Feb. 20, 2015
With Strong Return Expected, Spring Chinook Season Set; Tribes, Idaho Urge Caution On Early Fishing CBB, Jan. 30, 2015


Staff
Fish Managers Expect 2015 Columbia River Salmon Runs to Top 2 Million Fish; Run by Run Numbers
Columbia Basin Bulletin, March 27, 2015

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