277 



MAX KATZ 

 Port Gardner are poor, yet the counts of returning chinook 

 to the hatchery are increasing and in 1964 over 1,800 

 adult Chinook returned to the Wallace Hatchery, which is 

 a tributary of the Snohomish. In the 1950 's the average 

 was less than 100. So the picture may be brighter than 

 the catch indicates. 



Let us turn to the silvers. 



(Slide MK-10) 



As you can see, the catches in Port Susan, 

 Port Gardner and Puget Sound bounce all over the map. 

 You will observe, however, that the peaks and troughs 

 coincide. This indicates that when conditions obtain 

 that are favorable throughout the sound, then catches are 

 good in Port Gardner and Port Susan, and when conditions 

 are poor in Puget Sound or in the ocean, then they are 

 poor in Port Gardner and Port Susan. There is a common 

 ecological factor that obviously regulates silver salmon 

 production in Port Gardner, Port Susan and Puget Sound. 



One of these factors is known and that is 

 rainfall. When we have a cool, wet summer, a typical 

 4th of July picnic summer when it rains, we get excellent 

 silver production. When we get a warm, dry summer we get 

 poor silver production. I can guarantee you that as a 

 result of this summer's hot, dry weather, silver salmon 



