COLUMBIA RIVER FALL CHINOOK AND COHO
2001 PRELIMINARY RETURNS AND OUTLOOK FOR 2002

Lower River Hatchery Stock - LRH

• 2001 return best return since the 1996 return of 75K
  
• Improved return of jacks in 2001
  
• Good strength in younger age classes
  
• 2002 return may be similar to or greater than 2001

Lower River Wild Stock - LRW

• 2001 return best/similar to the 1995 return of 16K
  
• Jacks greatly improved over record low returns of flood broods
  
• 2002 return should be back to more average returns of early to mid 1990's which averaged about 13K

Bonneville Pool Hatchery Stock - BPH

• 2001 return exceeded 100K - largest return since 1982
  
• Record high jacks - at least double last year's jack returns
• 2002 return likely greater than 2001
  

Upriver Bright Stock - URB

• 2001 return best since the 1989 return of 260K - probably greater than 200K
  
• Jacks above recent year average
  
• 2002 return similar or greater than 2001

Bonneville Upriver Bright Stock - BUB

• 2001 was improved return (recent 5 yr average ~18K)
  
• Jacks were above average
  
• Improved return for 2002

Pool Upriver Bright Stock - PUB

• 2001 was average return (5 yr average ~30K)
  
• Average jack return
  
• 2002 return expected to be near recent average

Coho

• 2001 return just under 1 million
  
• Jack returns about 1/3 of last year's
• 2002 return expected to be less than half the 2001 return