2015 Columbia River Run Predictions - Overall Looking Pretty Good!

[Derby]

Here's a PDF of fish predicted returns for 2015...

Run Forecast 2015.pdf

 

[salmonkiller01]

Uhm, think you forgot the PDF

 

[Lipripper]

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/forecasts/columbia_river/2014-results_2015-expects.pdf

 

[searun]

God bless America, and her hatcheries.

 

[sammyslabber]

...setting a fine example...we should follow...

 

[salmonkiller01]

I guess our government could learn a little from our southern neighbours. Thanks for the link.

 

[shuswap]

I wonder what prompted hatchery stocking anyway on the Columbia?

 

[SpringVelocity]

just a government that recognizes importance of fishery economically, and actually is doing something based on fish declines...I know its a strange concept...

 

[shuswap]

Endangered Species Act and Washington State law required development of recovery plans. It didn't have anything to do with the government of the day recognizing the economic importance of fishery. Basically, their existing laws said they had to do something.

 

[Lipripper]

Endangered Species Act and Washington State law required development of recovery plans. It didn't have anything to do with the government of the day recognizing the economic importance of fishery. Basically, their existing laws said they had to do something.

WHAT????

 

[shuswap]

Yeah, THAT guy....lol. I wish our legislation (Fisheries Act) wasn't tinkered with by that guy in that photo. In that respect, our government didn't set a very good example.

 

[SpringVelocity]

WHAT????

exactly here is to hoping that changes next election....

 

[sly_karma]

In WA alone, hydro spends 350-400 million a year on salmon recovery. BC Hydro spends 3-4 mill. Nothing left over after the province's cash demands are met.

Gotta love those Okanagan sockeye returns though. New Penticton hatchery has 2 million eggs in incubation as we speak. The program has been very successful so far with just half a million fry released annually, next phase looks promising with more spawning habitat now accessible and passage into Okanagan Lake to be opened possibly as soon as this year.