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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Note that actual escapement to the Scott River was 10,419 Chinook adults (plus 2,051 jacks) while the Salmon River’s return was 2,706 adults (plus 527 jacks) – the figures got reversed in the text from the actual data in Appendix B, table B-6.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.pcouncil.org/2015/02/35342/2014salrvw-online/">http://www.pcouncil.org/2015/02/35342/2014salrvw-online/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.pcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/salsafe2014_AppendixB.pdf">http://www.pcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/salsafe2014_AppendixB.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <b><span lang=EN style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Klamath sees healthy salmon return in 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>By Kenny Priest, For the Times-Standard <a href="http://www.times-standard.com/sports/20150225/klamath-sees-healthy-salmon-return-in-2014">http://www.times-standard.com/sports/20150225/klamath-sees-healthy-salmon-return-in-2014</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Posted: 02/25/15, 9:37 PM PST | <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>So much for last year being a down year on the Klamath. Turns out the number of fall Klamath River adult kings [Chinook] returning to the river was much higher than originally predicted. According to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC), which recently completed their preliminary stock assessment evaluation, 160,444 adults returned along with 22,348 jacks, or two year-old kings. The predicted run size was 92,800. The increase in returns allowed for a whopping 95,330 natural spawners, which is roughly 234 percent of what’s required. Based on the number of jacks that returned, which is used as one of the factors in predicting next year’s run, we should be in for another good year on the Klamath. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Last year’s sport quota for the entire Klamath Basin was 4,128 adults, which was based on the 92,800 run size. Looking at the actual numbers, we could see a much higher sport quota in 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Iron Gate Hatchery on the upper Klamath also saw a spike in returning adults. On an average year, roughly 15,000 will return. In 2014, 24,300 returned. Add in another 6,975 that returned to the Trinity River Hatchery, and we’re about 7,000 fish over the 35-year average for both hatcheries combined.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The upper Klamath tributaries, including the Salmon, Scott, and Shasta Rivers, also saw an increase in the returning salmon. The Shasta River has historically been the most important Chinook salmon spawning stream in the upper Klamath River, supporting a spawning escapement of 27,600 adults as recently as 2012 and 63,700 in 1935. The escapement in 2014 to the Shasta River was 14,412 adults. Escapement to the Salmon and Scott Rivers was 10,419 and 2,706 adults, respectively [<i>sic</i>].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Next up is the annual Salmon Information meeting, which was being held today in Santa Rosa. Ocean abundance will be discussed, which will then trickle down to river quotas. To view the ocean salmon fishery report, visit <a href="http://www.pcouncil.org/wp%20content/uploads/%20salsafe2014_FullDocument.pdf">www.pcouncil.org/wp content/uploads/ salsafe2014_FullDocument.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>PFMC set to meet March 6-12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory bodies will meet March 6-12, 2015 in Vancouver, Washington, to address issues related to salmon, Pacific halibut, highly migratory species, ecosystem based management, and habitat matters. On the agenda are the alternatives for the 2015 ocean salmon fisheries for public review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Cash for Trinity steelhead, salmon tags<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>If you’ve been successful catching steelhead and salmon on the Trinity River, a $10-50 reward could be yours. All you need to do is return your fish tags this season according to a press release issued Wednesday by the CDFW. Of the more than 4,500 fish that were tagged, 3,000 are eligible for a cash reward.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>CDFW uses information gathered from the tags applied to Chinook, coho and steelhead in the Trinity River system to calculate harvest and help biologists estimate population size of steelhead and salmon runs. Only tags returned to CDFW in the same season they are obtained can be used in estimates. The timely return of tags to CDFW is critical because the data is also needed for the annual season setting process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Reward tags are clearly marked, though any tag returned is appreciated. The information non-reward tags are equally important to the process. When the tag is returned, CDFW will send you information about where and when your fish was tagged, in addition to any reward for which you might qualify.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For more information, visit https:/ /cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/north-coast-anglers-could-be-rewarded-for-returning-fish-tags-in-timely-manner.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Weekend weather<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We’ll be seeing periods of light rain beginning Thursday evening according to Reginald Kennedy of Eureka’s National Weather Service. He said, “Thursday and Friday we’ll see some showers and they’ll start to taper off on Saturday. Another weak system will bring a few showers on Monday. Del Norte could see anywhere from a half to an inch of rain from Thursday through Saturday while Humboldt may see a quarter to a half. The rainfall totals will definitely be less as you move south.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Find “Fishing the North Coast” on Facebook and fishingthenorthcoast.com for up-to- date fishing reports and North Coast river information. Questions, comments and photos can be emailed to kenny@fishingthenorthcoast.com.</span></i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>