6. CRITFC ASKS FOR SPILL TO AID TRIBAL FISHERS

Although record numbers of spring chinook adults are passing Bonneville
Dam, many native American fisherman who are fishing the spring treaty
fishery for the first time in years, are not catching enough fish.

The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission asked this week for
biological opinion-level spill hoping that some salmon would be drawn
towards the river’s edge so that platform fishermen could catch them.

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