Here are the 2015 escapement numbers. Forgive the formatting as posting a Power Point presentation is above my pay grade but you can figure it out easy enough. Bottom line Chinook came in stronger than forecast as did Chum and the fish did OK. Now Coho is another matter. The 20K figure is give or take about 71% of escapement. Now Hump Coho at 1097 escapement is only 16% of escapement.

Houston we have a problem.

Metric Objective Pre-Season Actual
Chehalis River Natural-Origin Chinook
Run-Size 19,108 23,090
Spawner 9,880 9,947 14,250
% Impact in WDFW-Managed Fisheries 5% 4.44% 3.88%
% Impact in Commercial in 2A, B, D 0.80% 0.77% 0.44%
170 fish 102 fish
Chehalis River Natural-Origin Coho
Run-Size 121,734 31,800
Spawners 28,506 66,652 20,000
% Impact in WDFW-Managed Fisheries 15.44% 11.11%
% Impact in Commercial in 2A, B, D 3.80% 2.92%

These are in-season estimates.


Humptulips River Natural-Origin Chinook
Run-Size 7,403 7,703
Spawner 3,620 4,024 4,840
% Impact in WDFW-Managed Fisheries 21.39% 20.57%
% Impact in Commercial in 2C 5.40% 0.68% 0.00%
56 fish None
Humptulips River Natural-Origin Coho
Run-Size 5,861 1,112
Spawners 6,894 3,720 1,097
% Impact in WDFW-Managed Fisheries 1.81% 1.32%
% Impact in Commercial in 2C 0.54% 0.00%

These are in-season estimates.




Metric Objective Pre-Season Actual
Grays Harbor Chum
Run-Size 28,852 47,000
Spawner 21,000 21,029 33,705
% Impact in WDFW-Managed Fisheries 12.55% 10.46%
% Impact in Commercial 10.13% 9.63%
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Dazed and confused.............the fog is closing in