WAHLE and VREELAND: BIOECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF FALL CHINOOK SALMON 



Fisheries Service), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. 



Allocation of Marks 



The experiment was limited to 13 rearing 

 facilities on the Columbia River. The hatchery 



locations ranged from Big Creek Hatchery, the 

 lowermost station, 40 km (25 mi) above the Co- 

 lumbia River mouth, to Klickitat Hatchery, the 

 uppermost station, 290 km (180 mi) above the 

 Columbia River mouth (Figure 1). 



Approximately 10% of the production at each of 

 the 13 facilities was marked with a common mark 



64 KILOMETERS 



40 MILES 



PARTICIPATING 



1 - GRAYS RIVER 



2 —BIG CREEK 

 3-ELOKOMIN 



4 —LOWER KALAMA 



5 -KALAMA FALLS 



6 - WASH0U6AL 

 7 -BONNEVILLE 

 8 - CASCADE 

 9— OXBOW 



10 -LITTLE WHITE 



11 -SPRING CREEK 



12 —BIG WHITE REARING PONDS 



13 —KLICKITAT 



NONPARTICIPA TING 



14 — KLASKANINE 



15 - 



16 - 



17 - 



18 - 



19 - 



ABERNATHY 

 TOUTLE 

 LEWIS RIVER 

 SPEELYAI 

 SANDY 



20 - EAGLE CREEK 



Figure l. — Locations of participating and nonparticipating 

 Columbia River hatcheries rearing fall chinook salmon, 1961-64 

 broods. 



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