Here’s a quote from a recent article by Dennis Newman on the website “Natural Orergon” regarding the 2010 Spring Salmon return estimates for the Columbia River:
When the chinook salmon return on the Columbia River next spring, get ready for massive numbers of fish.
Wildlife officials say they’re expecting about 470,000 chinook for the spring run. If that prediction is accurate, it would be the biggest return of spring chinook since 1938 (emphasis mine).
The announcement was made by Oregon Fish and Wildlife, Washington Fish and Wildlife and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
The Columbia runs start showing up on the West Coast of Vancouver Island in June, and this news bodes very well for this year’s Spring fishery. You can read the whole article by pressing the link in the title, here:
Massive Salmon Run Predicted for Columbia River