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Bonneville Dam Fish Count 5/1

by Staff
The Columbian, May 1, 2017

2017 Fish Forecast: Total return of Salmonids to the Columbia River Friday -- 215 adult spring chinook, 4 jack chinook, 8 steelhead. Saturday -- 230 adult spring chinook, 4 jack chinook, 14 steelhead. Sunday -- 362 adult spring chinook, 7 jack chinook, 5 steelhead. Year-to-date -- 3,347 adult spring chinook, 26 jack chinook, 2,449 steelhead. Ten-year average year-to-date -- 56,673 adult spring chinook, 1,045 jack chinook, 3,740 steelhead.

Water temperature: 50.9 degrees. Water visibility: 3.0 feet. Streamflow: 362,000 cubic feet per second (13.3 feet at Vancouver gauge)

Related Sites:
Overall Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead forecast for 2017
Snake River-specific forecast
NOAA Fisheries forecast based on ocean conditions



Staff
Bonneville Dam Fish Count 5/1
The Columbian, May 1, 2017

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