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NOAA-NMFS-NWFSC TM-32: Chum Status Review


Table 20. Abundance and trends of rated Washington State chum salmon stocks recognized in SASSI (WDF et al. 1993).


Stocka Run time Production Abundanceb Trend (%
change/yr)
 

Sumas/Chilliwack Fall Natural 17 5.5  
North Fork Nooksack Fall Natural 21,424 2.6  
Samish/Independent Fall Mixed 6,424 -5.2  
Sauk Fall Natural 6,307 -2.0  
Mainstem Skagit Fall Natural 42,476 6.1  
N.F. Stillaguamish Fall Natural 44,996 2.5  
S.F. Stillaguamish Fall Natural 12,303 8.7  
Skykomish Fall Natural 15,100 3.9  
Wallace Fall Natural 1,830 9.0 *
Crisp Creek Fall Hatchery 250 11.5  
Fennel Creek Fall Natural 379 13.6 *
Nisqually Winter Natural 16,208 -0.7  
Chambers Creek Summer Natural Extinct    
Hammersley Inlet Summer Mixed 7,728 1.1  
Case Inlet Summer Mixed 4,570 0.6  
Blackjack Creek Summer Natural 524 1.8  
Eld Inlet Fall Natural 2,473 54.9 *
Totten Inlet Fall Natural 16,563 5.0 *
Skookum Inlet Fall Mixed 3,984 15.0 *
Upper Skookum Creek Fall Natural 1,437 7.5 *
Johns/Mill Creek Fall Natural 13,241 2.2  
Goldsborough/Shelton Fall Natural 3,703 9.3 *
Case Inlet Fall Natural 2,157 4.4 *
Carr Inlet Fall Mixed 879 -2.3  
Gig Harbor/Ollala Creek Fall Mixed 3,889 8.6 *
Dyes Inlet/Liberty Bay Fall Mixed 18,902 4.2 *
Sinclair Inlet Fall Natural 2,511 -0.3  
Chambers Creek Winter Natural 2,340 9.8 *
Northeast Hood Canal Fall Mixed 1,989 -2.5  

Stocka Run time Production Abundanceb Trend (%
change/yr)
 

Dewatto Fall Mixed 2,904 4.0  
Southeast Hood Canal Fall Mixed 5,992 -2.2  
Upper Skokomish Late Fall Natural 5,144 -1.5  
West Hood Canal Fall Mixed 10,452 -2.4  
Hamma Hamma Late Fall Natural 7,046 -1.0  
Duckabush Late Fall Natural 3,242 13.2 *
Dosewallips Late Fall Natural 538 2.2  
Quilcene Late Fall Mixed 3,970 9.8 *
Dungeness/East River Tribs. Fall Natural 230 10.7 *
Hood Canal Summer Natural 508 -17.7 *
Union Summer Natural 275 6.6 *
Discovery Bay Summer Natural 268 -8.0 *
Sequim Bay Summer Natural 156 -1.6  
Deep Creek Fall Natural 279 11.3 *
Pysht Fall Natural 1,404 13.7 *
Quinault Fall Mixed 4,055 -3.3  
Humptulips Fall Natural 281 1.1  
Chehalis Fall Natural 3,971 5.0  
North River Fall Natural 6,612 3.0  
Willapa Fall Natural 112 -6.9 *
Palix Fall Natural 4,996 3.2  
Nemah Fall Natural 5,352 4.1 *
Naselle Fall Natural 3,693 2.4  
Bear Fall Natural 2,791 0.5  
Grays Fall Natural 125c 1.8  
Hamilton Creek Fall Natural 37c -5.2  
Hardy Fall Natural 102c 3.2  

aTributaries and minor drainages combined.
bAbundance reported as 5-year geometric mean.
cValues are fish per mile in index reaches rather than spawning population estimates.*Denotes trends that differ significantly (P>0.95) from zero.



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