5. FISHERY OFFICIALS EXPECT BUMPER FALL CHINOOK RETURNS

The total forecast for a return of 677,900 Columbia River fall chinook
salmon to the river mouth this summer would be the third largest adult
return since 1948.

The projections this week from the U.S. v Oregon Technical Advisory
Committee continue a trend of rosy forecasts for 2002, after a 2001
season that saw modern-day records fall for spring chinook salmon and
for summer steelhead.

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