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Article: UPPER SALMON RIVER CHINOOK SEASON UPDATE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 17, 2009
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BOISE, Idaho, July 15 -- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission issued the following news release:
The Chinook salmon fishing season will remain open on the upper Salmon River, upstream of the city of Salmon, through the weekend.
Idaho Fish and Game fishery managers will assess the fishery on Friday for the likelihood of additional fishing days next week. Anglers already have taken a total of 1,463 adult Chinook salmon, which is more than half the state's nontribal harvest share in the upper Salmon River.
Fish are entering hatchery traps in greater numbers than required for daily broodstock collections. Most these fish are recycled fish back through the fishery. The Sawtooth Hatchery is ...