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DRAFT 



The following statement is not supported by data: 



'It is likely that wild smolts are susceptible to murre predation. ' 



A study of murre predation in Coos Bay showed that, excq)t for the period during the 

 summer when private hatcheries were releasing very large numbers of smolts, murres 

 did not prey upon salmon (Daniel Varoujean, Coos Bay, Oregon, personnel 

 communication, August IS^ - reports were pnxluc«l). 



REVIEW OF TABLES 



This section provides a review of a portion of the tables presented in the OFIC- 

 sponsored report. The majority of the tables we reviewoj presented fishery harvest 

 statistics. 



Page 200, Table 1.1-1. Life History of Native Oregon Salmonids 



This table provides a fiair representation of life histories of 10 species/runs. Five of the 

 50 life history cells in the table are in slight error. The stock status column denotes 

 "declining" for all 10 species/runs: this is subjective and the table does not show how 

 the determinations were made. 



The primary source for this table is the ODFWAVDF "Status Report, Columbia River 

 Fish Runs and Fisheries, 1960-90." Yet the source citation says ODFW 1991a, which 

 in the references is shown to be the Clackamas Subbasin Flan. This erroneous citation 

 is rampant throughout the report. 



Page 201, Table 1.1-2. Historical Status of Major Runs of Columbia River 

 Salmonids. 



This table is a synopsis of nine of the same 10 species/runs in Table 1.1-1. It shows 

 eight or nine to be "decreasing" with fall chinook "Increasing." Several errors are 

 presait in the "Notes" column. The primary source is ODFW and WDF (1991) which 

 IS again erroneously cited. 



Page 202, Tabk 1.1-3. Columbia River Commercial Landings Chinook, Coho, 



Sockeye, Chum, and Steelhead since 1886. 



The primary source of 1866-1959 data is an NPPC "Compilation" rraort. The data for 

 1960-90 is from ODFW and WDF (1991). The data presented for 1938-59 agrees with 

 ODFW data for chum salmon only. Data for 1960-90 contains three typos. Data for 

 1866-1937 was not verified. 



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