Numbers update for chinook:
Subject:        Preliminary final numbers 
Here are the preliminary final numbers for the 2008 Cowichan Chinook escapement.  The FSC and Broodstock numbers are final and unlikely to change, and the natural spawner estimate is near final.  Some adjustments to the estimate may happen while the Manuscript report is completed.
Totals 
FSC     240 adults, 130 jacks 
Brood   906 adults, 68 jacks 
Natural spawners        1109 adults, 273 jacks 
Total escapement 2255 adults, 471 jacks 
Other information 
25.3% of the jacks were hatchery origin 
36% of the Age 3 and 0% of the Age 5 were (Cowichan) hatchery origin.  There was one additional cwt from Puntledge Hatchery summer Chinook
Overall, 20% of the adults were hatchery origin 
The age structure of the adults was 55.6% age 3, 41.6% age 4 and 2.9% age 5 
Steve Baillie
Support Biologist, Georgia Basin Salmon Stock Assessment,
South Coast Area, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
3225 Stephenson Point Road, Nanaimo BC, V9T 1K3 
Ph (250) 756-7227   Fax (250) 756-7020   Cell (250) 616 6143 
steve.baillie@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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