1. SMOLT TRANSPORT STUDY SHOWS LOW ADULT RETURNS

Whether as smolts they are transported or migrate in-river, adult spring/summer
wild chinook are returning to the Snake River Basin in numbers far lower
than needed for recovery, according to preliminary results of smolt transportation
research by the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Scientists believe Columbia Basin wild salmon stocks need an adult return
rate of 2-6 percent to reverse population decline.

Preliminary research results show transported wild and hatchery …

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