Doug
Well-Known Member
I just Received my salmon sport head recovery program report for 2011. Guides and sports angler submitted more than 13,315 heads in 2011.
In the heads submitted in 2011 approximately 1 in 5 Chinooks and fewer than 1 in 9 Coho had code wires.
With all the heads turned in by our boat only one fish was tagged from Washington and the other tags were from BC. I was surprised that this year we had two tags from the Cowichan River.
Here are the top two Chinook code wire tag recoveries grouped by areas of tagged stocks.
Caught in zone 19-20
MAY - 83% Puget Sound, 8% Upper Columbia and 8% Georgia Strait
JUNE - 42% Puget Sound, 33% Upper Fraser
JULY - 61% Puget Sound, 14% Upper Fraser
AUG - 39% Puget Sound, 28% Lower Fraser
SEPT - 43% Puget Sound, 28% Georgia Strait and 28% Lower Fraser
OCT to APRIL - 69% Puget Sound, 17% Lower Fraser
Thank you Puget Sound Hatcheries
In the heads submitted in 2011 approximately 1 in 5 Chinooks and fewer than 1 in 9 Coho had code wires.
With all the heads turned in by our boat only one fish was tagged from Washington and the other tags were from BC. I was surprised that this year we had two tags from the Cowichan River.
Here are the top two Chinook code wire tag recoveries grouped by areas of tagged stocks.
Caught in zone 19-20
MAY - 83% Puget Sound, 8% Upper Columbia and 8% Georgia Strait
JUNE - 42% Puget Sound, 33% Upper Fraser
JULY - 61% Puget Sound, 14% Upper Fraser
AUG - 39% Puget Sound, 28% Lower Fraser
SEPT - 43% Puget Sound, 28% Georgia Strait and 28% Lower Fraser
OCT to APRIL - 69% Puget Sound, 17% Lower Fraser
Thank you Puget Sound Hatcheries