95 



Current period 

 Catch Beason Escapement'* catch" Run size 



Mean 6,932 



Current escapement 12,715 



Estimated wild run size 20,000 



A. Sonne: QFiD tad WDW 0991). 



B- Source-. WDF unpub. 4au. provided by Lee Homo, WDF, Otyiapie. 



Table 13. Estimation of historical and current 

 Chehalis Basin wild winter steelhead run sizes. 



STURGEON 



Commercial catch of mixed white and green sturgeon increased from the 1940s, 

 when catch recording began, peaked in 1964, declined to 1977, and now appears 

 to be increasing slowly (Figure 15). It is thought that Grays Harbor catch 

 represents a small part of a single spawning population centered around the 

 Columbia River (Devore, WDF, pers. comm. ) . Two arguments support this: the 

 migration of tagged sturgeon throughout the coastal area from Tillamook Bay to 



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