7089

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7089
• Author: Northwest Power Planning Council.
• Title: Strategy for Salmon
• USFW Year: 1992.
• USFW - Doc Type: Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.
• Copyright Material: NO

T.h e

ACTIONS

T. he Columbia RiverBasin Fish and Wildlife Program's Strategy for Salmon is a complex
and pmbitious set of actions aimed at rebuilding salmon runs without unmanageable
. . disruptions in the Northwest's economy. If viewed geographically, it could 1;>e said that
both the costs and the-benefits of these measures are distributed along the entire migratory
. route of the fish. That was our goal: to improve the lives of salmon at every stage in their life
cycle and shar.ethe cost of those improvements regionwide.
What follows are highlights of the actions we call for iri this strategy>Ail of the actions are
described in more detail inVolumeU ofthe 1992 Columbia River Basin Fish and WildllfePro-
gram. To receive copies of Volume II, see page 42.
The Northwest Power PianningCouncil reports monthly on the status of implementation
of these measures. Copies of these reports are also available. 'See page 42,

Goal

.

Double annual salmon production in the
Columbia Basin from approximately
2.5 million adult to 5 million fish.

Accomplish the doubling goal with no appre-
ciable risk to the biological diversity of fish
populatio?S. "

. Evaluate salmon rebuild,ing achons in light of
these, six principles: 1) give. priority to weak,
upriver.nms;2) cause no appreciable risk to
biological diversity among or within. fish
populations, induding resident fish; 3).take a.
. watershed wide approach to habitat and
production improvements; 4) respect obliga-
tions to Indian tribes and other harvesters;
5) focus research on key uncertainties; and
6) use existing hatcheries unlesstht:! need for
fish cannot be met with existing facilities.
,
. Coordinate program implementation under a
structure devised by the Bonneville Power
Administration, working with fishery mah-
agers and others. ..
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Framework

· Rebuild Snake River salmon ~ to' the fol-
lowing numbers: 1) 50,000 spring chinook;
2) 20,000 sUmmer chinook; 3) 1,000 fall
chinook.

1979 ,
Petitions filed totist some runs of Columbia River salmon
. under the federal Endangered SjJecies-Act. Petitions-are
withdrawn pending passage of/he Northwest Power Act.

1980
Last salmon cannery on'the Columbia River closes.

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