2024 Klamath salmon numbers ‘very low,’ but not surprising, say fish groups

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2024 Klamath salmon numbers ‘very low,’ but not surprising, say fish groups

This month, the Pacific Fishery Management Council released a review of the West Coast’s salmon fisheries in 2024. Salmon groups say the reported fish counts in the Klamath basin are low but not unexpected. Fish managers predicted 36,511 adult Chinook salmon would return to the river to spawn in 2024, but only 24,032 adults returned, 66% of the preseason prediction, according to the review. Yurok Fisheries Department Director Barry McCovey wrote…