A bad news, good news scenario has played out as fishery managers tally
the return of adult spring chinook salmon from the Pacific Ocean heading
into the Columbia-Snake river basin to spawn.
Overall numbers are well below historic 10-year average returns, but
the
actual return of 4- and 5-year-old spawners is much higher than
forecast.
And the return of “jack” spring chinook — 3-year-olds that return to
freshwater prematurely — is the best since 1976 and the sixth highest
since …
