The Pacific Northwest Sportsmen’s Show was abuzz yesterday with one piece of information — there are going to be a bunch of Coho returning this year.
Numbers from throughout the aisle of the show ranged from 900,000 to 1.2 million. The official number? 983,100 Coho returning. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife released the following message and chart:
Ocean abundance (before any fisheries) of Columbia River coho is expected to be over 3 times larger than last year.
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2013 Coho Ocean Abundance and 2014 Forecast (in thousands of fish) |
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2013 |
2014 |
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Pre |
Post |
Pre/Post |
Forecast |
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| Columbia River Early |
331.6 |
190.8 |
174% |
526.6 |
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| Columbia River Late |
169.5 |
110.7 |
153% |
437.5 |
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Columbia River Subtotal |
501.1 |
301.5 |
166% |
964.1 |
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Coast Subtotal |
24.3 |
15.4 |
158% |
19.0 |
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| Total (OPI-H) |
525.4 |
316.9 |
166% |
983.1 |
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OCN Rivers |
165.1 |
113.9 |
145% |
213.4 |
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OCN Lakes |
25.9 |
14.5 |
179% |
17.2 |
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| OCN Total |
191.0 |
128.4 |
149% |
230.6 |
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| Grand Total |
716.4 |
445.3 |
161% |
1213.7 |
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| OPITT February 5, 2014 | |||||
That is great news for the Columbia River fishery and fall fishing this year!
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