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NOAA-NMFS-NWFSC TM-9: Effectiveness of Predator Removal for Protecting Juvenile Fall Chinook Salmon Released from Bonneville Hatchery, 1991

Table 1. Summary of releases of marked subyearling chinook salmon, Tanner Creek vs. midstream Columbia River, 1991.


      Number released
Wire-tag code
Marking dates Release date Branda Totalb Untaggedc Taggedd (AG D1 D2)e

Tanner Creek releases          
3 June 24 June RD W2 5,000 205 4,795 07 14 16
4-17 June 24 June RD T2 94,627 3,880 90,747 07 14 16
        Total 95,542  
 
3 June 28 June RD W4 5,000 200 4,800 07 14 17
4-17 June 28 June RD T4 96,735 3,869 92,866 07 14 17
        Total 97,666  
Midstream Columbia River releases        
3-17 June 24 June RD Y2 99,026 5,347 93,679 07 46 49
3-17 June 28 June RD Y4 100,227 4,210 96,017 07 56 54
    Totals 400,615 17,711 382,904  

aBrand codes: 1st and 2nd characters, RD = right dorsal position; 3rd character is the band symbol; 4th character is brand rotation where 2 = symbol rotated clockwise 90° from upright position and 4 = symbol rotated clockwise 270° from upright position.
bTotal fish marked; branded, tagged, and adipose fin clipped (less observed prerelease mortality and fish retained for tag loss evaluation).
cEstimated number of fish released without coded-wire tags (Appendix Table A2).
dEstimated number of fish released with coded-wire tags.
eAG D1 D2 = Agency code, Data 1 code, Data 2 code.


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