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DRAFT 



This statement is incorrect. Estimates of coho salmon spawning abundance are derived 

 from index surveys in 14 basins plus 3 lake basins, not just the 3 lake basins as 

 indicated in this paragraph. 



Page 34, 1.2.4. Spawning Escapement and Return to Rivers 



Columbia R iver Goals (page 34^ 



This section includes erroneous information. The McNary Dam fall Chinook 

 escapement goal for 1991 was 45,000. The escapement range of 30-45,000 is an 

 oversimplified description of the Willamette spring Chinook escapement goal over 

 Willamette Falls, not into the Willamette River. 



Coastal Rivers rpapes 35-36) 



The following statements were found to be inaccurate or misleading: 



'Spawning escapemeru of Oregon coastal coho salmon in 1990 was only 

 69,000 fish, just 43% of the goal... " 



The actual coho salmon escapement estimate for 1990 is 104,200 (not 69,000 which 

 was listed as preliminary by PFMC (1991) and should have been foot-noted as such). 

 The 1990 escapement was 65% of the goal, not 43%. (Source: ODFW OCN database, 

 Rod Kaiser, Ocean Salmon Management, Newport, OR). 



"...in each year that the escapemeru goal for coastal coho salmon was 

 not met. catch rmmbers exceeded the escapemeru goal number by a 

 factor of from two to five. . . " 



This statement is misleading because the catch referred to was comprised primarily of 

 hatchery fish from the Columbia River. The comparison of this catch estimate with 

 escapement of wild fish to coastal streams is irrelevant. A relevant comparison would 

 be the ocean and coastal tributary catch of OCN compared to OCN escapement. Ratios 

 of catch to escapement for OCN coho salmon since 1980 range from 0.4: 1 to 3.5: 1 and 

 have averaged 1.4:1, or an average harvest rate of 58%. 



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