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Columbia River Fish Return Updates Show Some Doing Better than Predicted by Mark Yuasa Seattle Times, September 20, 2011

Here are the latest Columbia River salmon and steelhead returns from state Fish and Wildlife:

Fall chinook at Columbia River mouth: URB, 323,400 (preseason was 399,600); PUB, 46,400 (62,600); and 29,000 (37,700).

Steelhead at Bonneville Dam: Group A hatchery, 209,700 (220,000); Group A wild, 108,600 (92,700); Group A total, 318,300 (312,700); Group B hatchery, 42,800 (41,200); Group B wild, 9,700 (12,900); and Group B total, 52,500 (54,1000).

State Fish and Wildlife update coho next week, but Bonneville Dam counts (90,300 adult coho) are already greater than preseason expectations (81,500).