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Mundy report: 'available evidence is not sufficient to identify transportation as either a 

 primary or supporting method of choice for saJmon recovery" is simply incorrect. See my 

 detailed comments attached regarding the Ad Hoc Transport group report. 



P. 8. Par. 4. Last Line: 



Mundy's statement is incorrect. No controls returned from the groups marked, but 9 

 marked transported fish returned to Lower Granite Dam when trap efficiency was only 12 

 percent and 24 to upstream hatcheries. No statistical analysis was done because no controls 

 returned. It is likely that if smolts had not been transported in 1977 no adults would have 

 returned from that year's out-migration (Park et al. 1980 and 1981). 



P. 9. Par. 1. Line 8: 



"Physiological stress, such as that associated with transportation operation and salt 

 water transition --." They should add: "and passing over spillways." There is no reason to 

 suspect that passing over a high spillway does not cause stress! 



P. 9. Par. 4. Line V. 



' ' 9mk comment as dbovt (p. 9, par. 1, line 8). 



P. 14. Par. 2. Line 8: 



There are numerous other studies that are also used. 



P. 20. Par. 4. Line 2 : 



Lateral avoidance apparently does occur but this is irrelevant when there is no 

 normally saturated water to escape to. 



P. 27. Par. 3. Line 2 : 



The higher juvenile recovery proportions are based on adjustments for spill but not 

 for fish guidance efficiency. Fish guidance efficiency must be adjusted, if for example, more 

 turbines are placed on line during high fiow periods. Again, adult returns could be in part 

 due to the proportion transported especially if fish were in better condition in higher flow 

 years. 



P. 28. Par. 1. Line 9- 



It appears the modelers must have given more weight to the in-situ experiments that 

 showed lower mortality rates. In figure 5, page 42, there are several observations above the 

 mortality line between 120 and 130 TDG. 



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