Columbia River Fall Chinook and Coho 2002 Preliminary Returns and Outlook for 2003

Lower River Hatchery Stock - LRH

• 2002 return of over 130,000 is best since the 1988 return of 310,000
• Average return of jacks in 2002
• 2003 return should be above average (recent 10 year average is 55,000)

Lower River Wild Stock - LRW

• 2002 return best since the 1991 return of 20,000
• Average return of jacks in 2002
• 2003 return should be similar to the returns of early to mid 1990's which averaged about 13,000

Bonneville Pool Hatchery Stock - BPH

• 2002 return exceeded 160,000 - largest return since 1976
• Jacks are about half of the record high return in 2001
• 2003 return similar to large return in 2002

Upriver Bright Stock - URB

• 2002 return of 285,000 best since the 1988 return of 340,000
• Average return of jacks in 2002
• 2003 return above average of 142,000 but likely less than 2002

Mid-Columbia Bright Stock - MCB

• 2002 return of near 100,000 was largest on record
• 2003 return should be average

Total Columbia River Fall Chinook

• 2002 return of over 700,000 is third largest return since 1948
• 2003 return should be above recent year average of 335,000

Coho

• 2002 return just under ½ million
• Columbia River jack returns are nearly double the 2001 returns
• 2003 return should be greater than 2002 but less than 2001