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To: longnshort who wrote (14892)	12/8/2009 8:01:42 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

The Columbia River was once the largest salmon producing river system in the world. Prior to the dams, the Columbia produced escapements of between 10 and 16 million adults annually. Today, of course, the Columbia produces less than 2.5 million adult fish, more than 90% hatchery fish. Wild chinook in the river are down to less than 2% of their historic numbers. Snake River Sockeye, Snake River fall, Snake River spring/summer chinook and now Upper Columbia steelhead are so near extinction that they are now listed under the ESA. Wild coho runs, once numbering an estimated 1.2 million, are now officially extinct throughout the basin. Columbia River chinook and Sockeye are north migrators. Under the Pacific Salmon Treaty (PST) the Columbia is supposed to be producing many of the replacement fish to be caught in Canadian waters to make up for Canadian-origin fish harvested in Alaska. As the dams strangled the Columbia runs over the years, more and more inequity developed between Canadian and Alaskan harvests. The replacement fish from the Columbia were simply not there. Though not the only factor, salmon's collapse in the Columbia has certainly been a major factor in triggering an on-going fish war with Canada and the collapse of the Treaty. ..... pcffa.org