California Department of Fish and Game says the Klamath River salmon population is showing signs of rebounding.
Since Aug. 6, a Fish and Game crew operating six days per week on the lower Klamath has counted 274 adult fall chinook salmon harvested below the state Route 96 bridge in Weitchpec, Calif., and 76 harvested below the U.S. Route 101 bridge.
The total Klamath basin quota for 2008 is 22,500 fish.
"The adult chinook are starting to come in," Sara Borok, associate fisheries biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game, told the Eureka Reporter Saturday. "We have a lot more jack salmon."
Jack salmon are smaller than 22 inches, while adult salmon extend more than 22 inches. When there are a lot of jacks, the next year will result in third-year followed by fourth-year salmon, the fish that are harvested, she said.
