in puget sound & coastal washington hatchery reform february 2003
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IN PUGET SOUND & COASTAL WASHINGTON
Hatchery Reform
February 2003
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
The Hatchery Reform Project is a systematic, science-driven redesign of how hatcheries will be used to achieve two new purposes:
1) helping to recover and conserve naturally spawning populations; and
2) supporting sustainable fisheries.
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
• WDFW
• Tribe• USFWS
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Representative Norm Dicks (D-WA) Washington Governor Gary Locke U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton Representative Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) Northwest Indian Fisheries Chair Billy Frank, Jr. Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
Director Jeff Koenings Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board
Chairman William Ruckelshaus
Bipartisan Support
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Independent Scientific PanelResearch Grant ProgramState and Tribal ImplementationThird-Party
Facilitation
PROJECT ELEMENTS
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
John Barr (Vice Chair)NW Indian Fisheries CommissionLee Blankenship (Vice Chair) Northwest Marine TechnologyDonald Campton, PhDUS Fish & Wildlife ServiceTrevor Evelyn, PhDDepartment of Fisheries & Oceans Canada (retired)Conrad Mahnken, PhDNational Marine Fisheries Service Lars Mobrand, PhD (Chair)Mobrand BiometricsLisa Seeb, PhDAlaska Department of Fish & Game Paul SeidelWA Department of Fish and WildlifeWilliam Smoker, PhDUniversity of Alaska
Hatchery Scientific Review Group
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Hatchery Reform Coordinating Committee
Congressional Hatchery Science
Advisory Team
Northwest Indian
Fisheries Commission
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
2001 RegionsEastern Strait of Juan de FucaSouth Puget SoundStillaguamish/Snohomish Rivers
2002 RegionsSkagit River Basin Nooksack/Samish Rivers Central Puget Sound 2003 RegionsHood Canal Willapa Bay North CoastGrays Harbor
REGIONAL REVIEWS
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003REGIONAL REVIEWS
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003EASTERN STRAITS
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003SOUTH PUGET SOUND
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003STILLAGUAMISH/SNOHOMISH
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Area-Wide Recommendations
Take a regional approach to managing hatchery programs
Operate hatcheries within the context of their ecosystems
Take into account both freshwater and marine carrying capacity in sizing hatchery programs
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Measure success in terms of contributions to harvest, conservation and other goals.
Emphasize quality, not quantity, in fish releases.
Incorporate flexibility into hatchery design and operation.
Area-Wide Recommendations
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Evaluate hatchery programs regularly to ensure accountability for success.
Develop a system of wild steelhead management zones.
Use in-basin rearing and locally-adapted broodstocks.
Area-Wide Recommendations
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Take eggs during the entire natural period of adult return.
Develop spawning protocols to maximize effective population size.
Area-Wide Recommendations
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Updated Policy Revised ManagementAccountability for Success
SYSTEM-WIDE IMPLEMENTATION
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Scientific Framework Benefit/Risk Assessment Tool Hatchery Operational Guidelines Monitoring and Evaluation Criteria Research Program
HATCHERY REFORM TOOLS
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
Fish First Friends of Issaquah
Salmon Hatchery Long Live the Kings Luhr Jensen NW Marine Technology NW Marine Trade
Association NW Sports Fishing
Industry Assoc.
Hatchery Reform Coalition
Puget Sound Anglers Pure Fishing, Inc. Recreational Fishing Alliance Recreational Sportsfishing
Industry Assoc. Three Rivers Marine Trout Unlimited (WA Council) Westport Charter Boat
Assoc.
Hatchery Reform Project, February 2003
“We are confident that by working together…we can achieve our goal of returning wild salmon
stocks to abundance. Reforming hatchery practices is another step on the road to wild
salmon recovery.”
Billy Frank, Jr., Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
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