Salmon teleconference rescheduled

An Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commission teleconference to set 2013 salmon fishing seasons has been rescheduled for Tuesday.

The teleconference had been set April 22.

Based on low counts of spring Chinook salmon at Bonneville Dam, IDFG biologists lack sufficient information to project the size of the salmon run to Idaho on April 22. The meeting was rescheduled to a time when managers should have more information about his year's run size.

If fish counts at Bonneville improve, and it appears that the run is returning late, IDFG biologists say that salmon returns to Idaho may be enough to allow at least a limited fishing season.