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(an 84 percent decrease) , and will have a devastating effect 

 on fishing and related industries, and tourism. 



--The Snake River spring/summer chinook run in 1994 may be 

 the lowest ever, with as few as 1,900 naturally spawning 

 adult fish reaching Idaho. This compares to an average of 

 20,000 during 1986-90, a level so low it led to the listing 

 of these stocks as threatened in 1991. The agency has been 

 asked to downgrade the listing of this stock to endangered. 



--The Snake River fall chinook run in 1994 also is expected 

 to be low. The number arriving in Idaho may barely reach 

 200, the level that led to listing this stock. 



To address this escalating problem, as well as the low numbers of 

 coho salmon, the Pacific Fishery Management Council took a 

 dramatic first step this year and recommended to the Secretary of 

 Commerce the closure of practically all ocean fishing off 

 Washington and Oregon. In addition, the States of Oregon and 

 Washington are proposing to eliminate almost all commercial 

 fisheries in the lower Columbia River. 



IQIFS RECOVERY PLAN: 



In December 1991, NMFS appointed a seven-member scientific 

 recovery team (three fisheries scientists, one economist, two 

 engineers, one ecologist) comprised mostly from the academic 



