State fisheries managers are predicting a very impressive spring chinook return — the fourth largest since at least 1980 — for the Columbia River in 2012.
…Salmon stocks are taking advantage of La Nina’s colder water upwelling conditions in the ocean that produces good survival rates.
The Columbia River spring chinook are prized by anglers for their tasty, Omega-3 laced, red-orange-colored meat, which is similar to fish from Alaska’s Copper River.
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