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March 16, 1993 

 Chairman Vento 

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EXHIBITS 



REDUCED BODY SIZE OF SAIMON COMMERCIALLY CAUGHT IN WASHINGTON 



Chinook 

 (-24%) 



Chum 

 (+3%) 



Coho 

 (-30%) 



Sockeye 

 (-14%) 



Pink 

 (-19%) 



1935-39 



40-49 50-59 60-69 



YEARS 



70-79 



80-89 



Measured Average Weight (in pounds) and Percent Change of five species of Pacific Salmon 

 Commercially Caught in Washington' between 1935 and 1989 



Coho Chinook Pink Sockeye Chum ToJol 



Time Period 



1935-39 



1940s 



1950s 



1960s 



1970s 



1980s 



1935-1 989 Change 



5.7 

 5.8 

 5.8 

 5.3 

 5.3 

 A7 

 -19.0% 



6.6 

 6.0 

 6.3 

 5.8 

 6.0 

 57 

 -13.6% 



10.0 

 10.0 

 11.7 

 10.5 

 10.9 

 10.3 

 +2.9% 



8.4 

 8.1 

 7.8 

 7.A 

 7.5 

 6.5 

 -22.6% 



•Coost, Pugsl Sound, ond Columbia River 

 Source: WDF, 1991. 



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