Salmon Returning to Cowlitz Hatchery in Record Numbers (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

(CHEHALIS, WA) -- Monday was a banner day at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery in Lewis County, where a record number of Coho salmon have already returned for the season.  Tacoma Power reports from August 16 through November 17, employees handled more than 87,000 Coho adults, topping the previous record of a little over 85,600 set in the 2002-2003 season.  The Coho run is still going strong and the utility anticipates the total for the 2014-2015 season will exceed 95,000 adult fish. The season ends in March 2015.