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affected runs and fisheries were increasingly regulated (Cleaver 1951, WDF and 

 ODFW 1992). 



Indian Fishery (page 9) 



In this paragraph, the authors attempt to compare NPPC estimates of tribal harvest in 

 the early 1800s (5-6 million adult salmonids, annually) to harvests of the Celilo dip-net 

 fishery in the 1940s and 1950s. The estimated landings for the 1940s and 1950s used 

 as a comparison are under-estimated by 90-99%. The following examples highlight 

 discrepancies in the data: 



1956 Celilo Falls chinook harvest: 



Report estimate - 4,000 lbs. 



Actual landings - 635,000 lbs. (FCO and WDF 1971) 



1941 Celilo Falls salmon and steelhead harvest: 



Report estimate - 295,000 lbs. 



Actual landings - 3,500,000 lbs. (FCO and WDF 1971) 



Columbia River Sport Fisheries (pages 8-9) 



These paragraphs accurately describe the fisheries, and appear to be paraphrases from 

 ODFW's "Lower Columbia River and Buoy 10 Recreational Fisheries" annual report 

 (Melcher and King 1991). It should be noted, however, that WDF and WDW are co- 

 managers in Columbia River sport fisheries. ODFW does not complete all fishery 

 monitoring as is implied in the third paragraph. 



Coastal River Basins Sport Fishery (pages 9-10) 



"In recent years, coho salmon escapement in most Oregon coastal rivers 

 has offered only sparse opportunity for sport fishing. ' 



Coastal rivers offer excellent opportunities for sport angling, especially for fall chinook 

 salmon. Coho angling opportunities are also good in several coastal systems, though 

 anglers primarily target returning hatchery stocks due to higher success rates in these 

 fisheries. The authors erroneously cite Nicholas and Hankin (1989) (actually Nicholas 

 and Hankin 1988) in reporting that the harvest of adult chinook in many tidewater 

 fisheries was several hundred fish annually from 1947 to 1960. Harvests in these 

 fisheries were actually of the magnitude of several thousand fish. 



Coastal River Basins Commercial Fishery (page 10) 



These three paragraphs described commercial fisheries in Oregon's coastal rivers and 

 estuaries that have been closed for 30 years or more. The chinook fisheries are 

 described using Nicholas and Hankin (1988), erroneously cited in References. The 

 description of the coho fishery is from ODFW's Coho Plan (ODFW, 1982). 



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